Kirpa Ram Vij
Brigadier-General
Kirpa Ram Vij in 1972.
Kirpa Ram Vij (1935 – 29 October 2022) was an Indian-born Singaporean civil servant, business executive, and
brigadier-general who served as Director, General Staff of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) between 1970 and 1974.[1]
Vij was born in
British India (now Pakistan) in 1935 and moved to Singapore after 1947. He graduated from the Raffles Institution in 1956.[2] He later joined the Singapore Volunteer Corps as lieutenant
in 1960.
Before becoming the
brigadier-general
and was head of the SAF between 1970 and 1974.
After leaving the SAF, Vij became the Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of National Development between 1974 and 1975, then the Singapore Ambassador to Egypt between 1975 and 1979, and Head of Training at the Civil Service Institute until 1981.
Leaving the civil service, he became the general manager in Neptune Orient Lines in 1981.
Vij died on 29 October 2022, at the age of 87.[3]
References
- ISBN 978-981-277-946-5.
- ^ "The Cadet with Many Hats". 11 February 2015.
- ^ Former Singapore defence chief BG Kirpa Ram Vij dies, aged 87