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Recognised as 'one of the most influential women
in Asia' (Asiaweek, July 2001), Rameshwari
Ramachandra is currently a Director with 3R
Holdings in Singapore and holds positions on the
board of several companies.
She is actively involved in community work as a member of the Board of Directors for the Development of Economy for Women (DEW) Credit Co-operative, a credit co-operative in Singapore. She also sits on the board of Netball Singapore and is the elected Treasurer of Singapore's Council of Women's Organisation (SCWO).
During a stint in the USA in 1995, Ms Ramachandra helped US start-up companies leverage the internet for commercial applications, including a ground-breaking project to use the internet as a medium for psychiatric treatment in prisons. She has also worked as a project consultant for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) on enterprise development projects in North Korea.
Ms Ramachandra was assigned to look into the commercialisation of research and development at Singapore's Temasek Polytechnic and in 1997, she became its first officer to found and run a spin-off company.
Ms Ramachandra is both author and subject: she is profiled as a woman 'barrier breaker' in Barrier Breakers - Women in Singapore and also featured in the 2002 Commonwealth businesswomen: trade matters, best practices and success stories. Her own publications include Big Jump into Entrepreneurship (2003).
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