Gaurav Keerthi

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Keerthi during the recording of a Channel NewsAsia programme at MediaCorp in December 2014

Gaurav Keerthi (born 2 April 1979, in India) is a Brigadier General in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)[1] who is also a TV personality and author in Singapore and is the founder of dialectic.sg, an online commenting platform based in Singapore.

Gaurav was born in India, and grew up in Nigeria and Germany, before his family moved to Singapore when he was aged ten. He later took up Singapore citizenship. He was educated St. Andrews Secondary School before studying at Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College in Singapore, before going on to Stanford University in the United States where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics on a Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship.[2] After returning to Singapore, he became a helicopter pilot in the RSAF.[3] He subsequently completed a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2014.[4]

In 2008, Gaurav served as one of the permanent judges on Season 2 of the International Emmy Award-nominated TV show The Arena, which was broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 5.[5] He also appeared as a guest judge for one of the semi-finals of Season 1 of the show in 2007. In 2012, he served as the host and moderator for Season 2 of the debate show Bridging Asia: The Singapore Debates, broadcast on Channel NewsAsia.

Gaurav served as the President of Debate Association Singapore from 2006 to 2010, having previously served as the organisation's Vice-President from 2005 to 2006. In 2011, he published a book about debating entitled Think, Speak, Win: Discover the Art of Debate.

In 2019, Gaurav co-founded a community called better.sg, a non-profit targeted at bringing together busy talents from both technical and non-technical backgrounds to build innovative digital tools to address societal problems. Gaurav acts as the CEO for this organization.[5]

Biblography[]

  • Guarav Keerthi (11 April 2011), Think, Speak, Win: Discover the Art of Debate, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, ISBN 978-981-4634-97-7

References[]

  1. ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (2018-06-29). "Defence chief heads SAF promotion list". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  2. ^ "BrightSparks E-magazine". brightsparks.com.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ^ Uniquely Singaporean, CyberPioneer, 12 August 2005[dead link]
  4. ^ "The HKS Citizen", 25 November 2013[dead link]
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "How this former TV show judge is helping in Singapore's tech-for-good efforts". CNA Luxury. Retrieved 2021-08-11.

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