Uma Rajan, a 75-year-old Indian-Singaporean doctor has been honoured by the Indian community in Singapore, for contributing her 38 years in the healthcare and community services by building nursing homes and child health care. Dr. Uma Rajan became the first woman to receive the Community Champion Award. She won $10,000 which she donated to voluntary welfare organisations, Singapore Children’s Society and Asian Women’s Welfare Association in Singapore.
Dr. Rajan was also one of the founding members of the Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society and received the title of Natyakala Bushanam (ornament of dance) from the Indian Institute of Fine Arts in Chennai in 1954.
Facts about Singapore
- Singapore is also referred as the Lion City, the Garden City, and the Red Dot.
- Singapore is a rapidly growing city-state of nearly 6 million people. It is one of the smallest countries in the world.
- Singapore has transformed itself from a third-world, swampy island to a first-class, modern city in just fifty years.
- Singapore is a global commerce, transportation and financial hub, ranked as the “Easiest place to do business” for nine consecutive years by the World Bank.
- The national flower of Singapore is the hybrid orchid.
- Singapore began hosting a round of the Formula One World Championship, the Singapore Grand Prix, in 2008.
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