Kanwaljit Soin

Dr Kanwaljit Soin is a consultant orthopaedic & hand surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.

Education

Soin studied in Tanjong Katong Girls' School for her secondary education and Victoria School for her pre-university education, and received her MBBS Hons in 1966 when she graduated top of her class.[1] She obtained her Master of Medicine (Surgery) in 1970 from the University of Singapore, and she is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (1970) and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (1975). Soin was the recipient of a Colombo Plan Scholarship to train in hand surgery in Australia in 1972.

Biography

A founding member of Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) in 1985, Soin became the president of AWARE from 1991 to 1993.[2]

Soin was AWARE President from 1991 to 1993, and became the first female Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore from 1992 to 1996.[3] In 1992, she was awarded "Woman of the Year" in Singapore.[2]

In 2000 she was presented the “Women Who Make a Difference Award” by the International Women's Forum, Washington D.C.[2][4]

In 2006, Soin was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem) Singapore for consistently excelling in her job and for her selfless contribution to society, especially towards the less advantaged.[5][6]

In 2008, she was presented with the 2008 Singapore Good Samaritan award by the Rotary Club of Singapore, in recognition of her work as founding president of Women's Initiative for Ageing Successfully (WINGS),[7] a non-profit centre to provide support for women in their 40s and above. WINGS has helped almost 12,000 women with various programmes.[8]

In 2014, Soin was inducted to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame.[9]

Personal life

Dr Soin is married to former judge, Amarjeet Singh.[1] They have 3 sons, an Internet entrepreneur Dinesh Bhatia, Diplomat Umej Bhatia and Consultant Cardiologist Dr Lokpal Bhatia.[1]

Bibliography

  • Soin, Kanwaljit (6 September 2017). Silver Shades of Grey. WSProfessional. doi:10.1142/10746. ISBN 978-981-323-133-7.

References

  1. ^ a b c Long, Susan (18 November 2012). "Be the best country to grow old in". www.asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Kanwaljit Soin". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  3. ^ "NMPs making a difference". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ^ Asia, Tatler. "Kanwaljit Soin". Tatler Asia. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Speech by Mrs. Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of STate for Community Development, Youth and Sports, at the Great Women of Our Time Awards 2006, 24 November 2006, 9.15 AM". www.nas.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. ^ Chen, Huifen (21 October 2006). "UN awards for three Singapore women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Her World Woman of the Year celebrates 20 years". Her World Singapore. 25 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Ex-NMP Kanwaljit Soin gets Good Samaritan award". www.asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. ^ Kok Aun Gee, Christopher; Arivalagan, Yvonne; Chao, Fengqing (2019). Singapore perspectives 2018: together. Singapore. p. 93. ISBN 978-981-327-626-0. OCLC 1061301857. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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