Viswa Sadasivan

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Viswaroopan ("Viswa") Sadasivan (born 1959 in Singapore) was a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in the Parliament of Singapore from 2009 to 2011.

Biography

Viswa had his secondary school education at

John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he completed a Master of Public Administration degree.[1] He subsequently worked as senior manager for corporate planning and business development at Singapore Press Holdings, before joining the Canadian television company UTV International as its chief executive officer
(CEO).

In 1997, Viswa co-founded the Right Angle Group (subsequently renamed Strategic Moves Pte Ltd), a television production, communications training and strategic consultancy organisation based in Singapore. He is currently the organisation's CEO. He received a 'Spirit of Enterprise Award' in 2003 in recognition of his entrepreneurial achievements.

Viswa has been extensively involved in public service. He has served as the Chairman of the Political Development Feedback Group of Singapore's Feedback Unit, and as Vice-President and Secretary of the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) Executive Committee. He has also served on the Media Development Authority's Board, the Singapore 21 Committee, Economic Review Committee, Remaking Singapore Committee, and the National Youth Achievement Award Council.

Nominated Member of Parliament

Viswa was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament in July 2009. The following month, he used his maiden speech in Parliament to table a motion calling for the House to reaffirm its commitment to the principles enshrined in the

Zainudin Nordin noting Singapore's progress towards nation building.[4][5]

Sexual harassment allegations

On 4 February 2021, Singaporean comedian Sharul Channa shared on Facebook that an "inappropriate and offensive" innuendo was made during an interview for an online series Inconvenient Questions by Viswa, who was the interviewer. Viswa apologised on the same day after Sharul had reached out to his producer about the sexual innuendo after the show.[6] Thereafter, doctoral researcher Kiran Kandade shared screenshots of WhatsApp conversation between her and Viswa in 2016, of which he had asked her for a kiss. Despite Kandade trying to steer the conversation back to work related matters, Viswa persisted.[7]

On 20 February 2021, the

workplace sexual harassment.[8] On the same day, National University of Singapore reported that it had terminated all projects with Viswa, as a result of the allegations made.[9] Viswa gave his apologies to the two women involved.[9]

References

  1. ^ Nair, Suresh (9 February 2019). "Viswa Sadasivan warns: Every Singaporean will be loser if trust in government goes down the drain". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ Lee, Kuan Yew (27 March 2015). "In his own words: 'Equality is an aspiration, it is not reality, it is not practical'". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. ^ MM rebuts NMP, The Straits Times, 20 August 2009
  4. ^ Vigorous debate on nation-building tenets, Channel NewsAsia, 19 August 2009
  5. ^ I feared MM was going to fire salvos at me, Asiaone, 22 August 2009
  6. ^ "S'pore comedienne accuses ex-NMP of 'sexual comment' during interview". mothership.sg. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  7. ^ "AWARE urges ex-NMP Viswa Sadasivan to "denounce" attacks against women who were sexually harassed by him". The Online Citizen Asia. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  8. ^ "What constitutes workplace sexual harassment – response to Viswa Sadasivan". 20 February 2021.
  9. ^ a b "NUS stops all projects with ex-NMP Viswa Sadasivan following sexual harassment allegations". CNA. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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