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Janadas Devan
Director
DID: +65 6516 1279
Fax: +65 6762 6216
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| Curriculum Vitae |
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Janadas Devan, Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, was educated at the National University of Singapore and Cornell University in the United States. He taught English in various institutions in Singapore and the US, and later wrote for various publications in the region, before joining The Straits Times in 1997.
He served as the paper’s leader writer for many years, writing unsigned editorials on a wide variety of subjects; wrote a weekly column on politics and economics, in which he covered international and domestic developments; and a column on language for The Sunday Times. In 2008, he became the editor of the paper’s opinion pages, and in 2010, became the paper’s Associate Editor. He also did a weekly radio broadcast, “Call from America”, for Radio Singapore International, from 2000 to 2008, on American life and society.
He left The Straits Times in July 2012 on being appointed the Government’s Chief of Communications at the Ministry of Communications and Information.
In 1988, he received the Clark Distinguished Teaching Award from Cornell University.
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Speeches and Articles:
Choosing the better angels of our nature 
Article by Janadas Devan, The Straits Times, 22 April 2013
Why Singaporeans will Never Be Happy
Opening Remarks by Janadas Devan at IPS Young Singaporeans Conference 2012 at NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House Singapore, 26 September 2012
A Tribute to Mr SR Nathan
Opening Remarks by Janadas Devan at IPS Corporate Associates Lunch with Mr S R Nathan at Regent Hotel Singapore, 22 February 2012
Singapore Perspectives 2012
Opening Remarks by Janadas Devan at Singapore Perspectives 2012: Singapore Inclusive: Bridging Divides at Suntec City Convention Centre, January 2012
Impact of New Media on General Election 2011
Welcome Remarks by Janadas Devan at IPS Conference: Impact of New Media on General Election 2011 at Orchard Hotel, Singapore, 4 October 2011
Let electoral college choose the president
Article by Ho Kwon Ping & Janadas Devan, The Straits Times, 3 September 2011
NHB Academy-IPS Symposium
Welcome Remarks by Janadas Devan at National Heritage Board Academy - IPS Symposium Making a 'Great' Art Museum: Contending with Southeast Asian Modernities and Art at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, 13 July 2011
IPS Post-Election Forum
Welcome Remarks by Janadas Devan at IPS Post-Election Forum at Orchard Hotel, Singapore, 8 July 2011
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| Janadas Devan in the News |
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Income inequality a key priority for new IPS head 
The Business Times, 30 June 2011
Ex-Asean chief is new S'pore envoy to KL
The Straits Times, 30 June 2011
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| Current Positions |
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- Director, Institute of Policy Studies
- Chief of Government Communications, Ministry of Communications, Information and the Arts
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| Previous Position |
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- Associate Editor, The Straits Times
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