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Mr Jayadev Unnithan
President
Mr. Jayadev Unnithan is Director for Surya Trading Enterprise (S) Pte Ltd. He is involved with the community as a grassroots leader, and currently serves as the Chairman of Chong Pang Community Sports Club and Treasurer of Chong Pang Citizen’s Consultative Committee. He also chairs the Malayalam Language Education Society. Prior to his election as President, Mr Jayadev served SNM as Trustee for more than 10 years.
Mr Anil Sarasijakshan
Vice President
Mr Anil Sarasijakshan is a Program Director with DHL Express managing customer experience and global programs. He has been a volunteer at Thomson Neighbourhood Committee since 2017 and currently holds the position as Auditor in the committee.
Ms Shalini Damodaran
General Secretary
Ms Shalini Damodaran is a published author of ‘Dad and I’ and a Mindfulness Writing Coach. She is currently writing to publish Study Guides and a Teacher’s Guide to ‘A Tapestry of Colours: Asian Short Stories’. Prior to this, she has held various appointments in the Ministry of Education. As teacher educator at the English Language Institute of Singapore, she conducted several Professional Learning Programmes and workshops for teachers islandwide. She is a recipient of the Long Service Medal, having served in the Ministry of Education for 39 years. She was involved in several Community Involvement Programmes with her students and teachers. In an attempt to understand and serve the world beyond our borders, she spent a month in rural areas of Zambia providing English Language teachers with professional support.
Dr Karthikeyan Adappattu Raman
Treasurer
Dr Karthikeyan Adappattu Raman is a Chemical Consultant with years of experience as General Manager, Plant Manager and QC/Technical Manager. His expertise includes operations management, strategic business development and marketing management. He served as Internal Auditor with Holy Tree Sri Balasubramaniam Temple for the period 2017 – 2019. He also served as a board member with SNM since 2015 and was an Internal auditor with SNM for the period 2013 – 2015.
Ms Vidya Sasidharan
Assistant General Secretary
Ms Vidya is a qualified lawyer who pursued a career as in-house legal counsel for a private family office where she covered Compliance and Corporate Governance matters. She volunteers weekly in local kindergartens reading to children, both in English and French.
Ms Anusha Senan
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Anusha is the Industry Manager for Life Sciences and Healthcare in Asia Pacific at a consulting firm. She has been involved with Mission since 2001, and served in the EXCO previously as assistant treasurer and Youth Committee chairperson. She was part of the member teams that launched and ran the Lend-a-Hand program and the SNM Youth Symposium.
Raghavan Mohandas
Committee Member
Mr Raghavan has been a teacher for over 40 years and currently working as the Vice-Principal in an international school in Jakarta, Indonesia. He has been involved in the SNM as an EXCO member in the past and did most of his voluntary work with the Mission.
Mr Divakaran Sabu
Committee Member
Mr Divakaran Sabu is a Plant Superintendent with McConnell Dowell S.E.A Pte Ltd for the last 15 years. He has been the chairman of SNM Cultural Sub-committee for more than 20 years and serving in various committees including member of EXCO, Facilities Management Committee and Meranti Home Management committee. He has been serving as a volunteer with Pasir Ris East CC for the last 5 years.
Mr Prakash Sadasivan
Committee Member
Mr Prakash Sadasivan is currently a land suveyor. He has been involveed in SNM for the past ten years.
Ms Sarala Raman
Committee Member
Ms. Sarala is a Retiree and was previously a Senior Admissions Officer/Registrar in UWCSEA and SJI International. She has been a volunteer in St Anne’s Home for the Aged for several years. Currently, she spends a lot of time in Indian Classical Music, playing the veena, violin, and singing.
Mr Shanavas Vijayan
Committee Member
Mr Shanavas Vijayan is a Business Consultant focused on digital transformation to improve business processes and has more than 20 years of experience in the information communications and technology sector. Mr Shanavas has served in the SNM EXCO for the last 13 years (2007-2020) including two stints as Vice-President and President. He currently chairs SNM’s Community Programmes Sub-Committee. He is also an Advisor to Club2Care, a non-profit focused on mental health.
Ms Bina Damodaran
Committee Member
Ms Bina Damodaran has held various appointments in the public sector. Her experience includes teaching, managing, and developing national programmes to drive worker productivity and enterprise productivity. She also conducted Business Excellence certification and award assessments and trained assessors and consultants.She has been involved as a board member in SNM for many years.
Ms Sree Devi Pillay
Committee Member
Ms Sree Devi Pillay is an Assistant Director with the Accountant General Department, Ministry of Finance handling the portfolio of Finance Transformation projects. Her areas of expertise include system implementation to streamline salaries and claims processing for ministries/statutory boards/organisations of state. She has been a member with SNM since 1998.
Mr Sudhesh Vasu Dash
Committee Member
Mr Sudhesh Vasu Dash is a Head of Department with the Ministry of Education. He also heads SNM’s Youth Committee in youth projects and volunteers for Lighting Hearts, Lighting Homes.
Mr Suraj Senan
Committee Member
Mr Suraj Senan is a Production Manager with Seiko Manufacturing (Singapore) Pte Ltd. His experience includes a demonstrated history of working in the mechanical or industrial engineering industry. He is also a qualified WSH safety committee member representing the management of his organisation.
Mr T.G. Sajir
Committee Member
Having worked in the customer service line for the past 44 years, Mr Sajir is currently a Duty Manager with SATS at Changi Airport. He has also been a committee member previously at the Mission and served as an Internal Auditor with the last committee.
Ms Swapna Dayanandan
Committee Member
Ms Swapna Dayanandan is an Assistant Director at the Institute of Public Administration and Management, Civil Service College. In 2018, she was a recipient of the National Day Award – Commendation Medal. She has served as the President of SNM for four years from 2011-2015 and has held various leadership roles in the board.