Think Tank 2025
Staff receiving long service awards on RSIS Day
RSIS Day 2025
31 Jul 2025
The RSIS community celebrated RSIS Day on31 July 2025. This year marked 29 years of RSIS with a meaningful celebration of community, achievement, and connection.
Held in a warm and informal setting, the event brought together staff, faculty, and students, offering an opportunity to connect and welcome new members of the RSIS family.
The occasion also served to honour long-serving staff through the presentation of long service awards, in recognition of their dedication and the integral role they have played in shaping RSIS over the years.
The award recipients are as follows:
Long Service Award (25 years)
- Mr Tng Eng Cheong, Senior IT Specialist
- Mr Zulkafri Bin Hai, Office Assistant
Long Service Award (15 years)
- Dr Benjamin Ho, Assistant Professor
- Mr Scott Lai, Head of Events
Long Service Award (10 years)
- Dr Alexander Arifianto, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Indonesia Programme
- Mr Adrian Chong, Corporate Communications Manager
- Ms Chiam Shin Shing, NTS Centre Manager and Secretary to Head of NTS
- Dr Paul Hedges, Professor of Interreligious Studies and Associate Dean (Scholarly Ecosystems)
- Dr Montesclaros Jose Ma. Luis Pangalangan, Research Fellow
- Ms Dymples Leong, Associate Research Fellow
- Dr Tamara Nair, Research Fellow
5-9 Years Service Award
- Mr Benny Oon, Chief Operating Officer
- Mr Ahmad Helmi Bin Mohamad Hasbi, Senior Research Analyst
- Mr Ahmad Huzaimie Bin Ahmad Tahir, Events Technical Executive
- Mr Amresh Lavan Gunasingham, Associate Editor/Coordinator (Research Contracts)
- Dr Adrian Ang U-Jin, Research Fellow and Coordinator, US Programme
- Ms Bhaskar Shruthi, Finance Executive
- Ms Lynn Chew, Assistant Manager, Payroll and HR
- Ms Chew Peck Wan, Head of Corporate Affairs
- Ms Jenna Ching, Senior HR Executive
- Mr Luca Farrow, Associate Research Fellow
- Mr Andre Goh, Senior Administrative Executive
- Dr Gong Xue, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, China Programme
- Dr Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, Research Fellow
- Mr Han Fook Kwang, Senior Fellow
- Dr Amanda Huan, Research Fellow
- Mr Jasminder Singh S/O Bilveer Singh, Associate Research Fellow
- Mr Kalicharan Veera Singam, Senior Analyst
- Dr Stefanie Kam, Assistant Professor, China programme, and Coordinator, Masters in Science Asian Studies Programme
- Mr Tenny Kwan, Administrative Manager
- Ms Joey Liang Yanyu, Senior Webmaster/IT Executive
- Ms Lim Bee Ling, Assistant Human Resource Manager
- Mae Sherie, Lim Meijun, Corporate Governance Manager
- Ms Jasmine Low, Senior Human Resource Executive
- Mr Manoj Harjani, Research Fellow and Coordinator, Military Transformations Programme (MTP)
- Mr Benjamin Mok, Associate Research Fellow
- Mr Muhammad Faizal A Rahman, Research Fellow
- Mr Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani, Senior Analyst
- Ms Nanthini S, Associate Research Fellow
- Ms Nazia Hussain, Associate Research Fellow
- Mr Jefferson Ng, Associate Research Fellow
- Mr Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass, Senior Analyst
- Ms Selvaraj Visalam, Senior Finance Executive
- Ms Sharifah Nazila Binte Syed Abdul Kadir Alqudcy, Library Executive
- Dr Sinderpal Singh S/O Santokh Singh, Senior Fellow and Assistant Director of IDSS; Coordinator of Regional Security Architecture Programme, and South Asia Programme, IDSS
- Ms Siti Norbayah Binte Salim, Administrative Executive and Secretary to Head of SRP
- Ms Katlin Sor, Senior Administrative Executive
- Mr Frankie Tai Ah Yew, IT Executive
- Ms Ariel Tan, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Malaysia Programme
- Ms Tan Ming Hui, Associate Research Fellow
- Ms Yasmine Wong, Associate Research Fellow
- Mr Kenneth Yeo, Associate Research Fellow
- Ms Ysa Maria Therese Macaraeg Cayabyab, Associate Research Fellow
- Ms Charlotte Yu Yanying, Manager, Corporate Management and Learning
