Devandran Karunakaran Individual Bio.pdf

After completing his mandatory 2-1/2 year national service at 21, Devandran Karunakaran moved to the United Kingdom to pursue his independence and begin his professional career.

Karunakaran attended the University of Leicester to study law, one of the top research institutions renowned for providing students with advanced learning opportunities. Mr. Karunakaran excelled in contract law, a subset of law that focuses on governing, enforcing, and interpreting legal and commercial agreements between businesses.

He was also particularly fascinated by public international law, also known as the Law of Nations. This legal framework comprises a set of norms and legal guidelines that regulate international relations.

Devandran fondly remembers the diverse backgrounds and ethnicities of the students he met and befriended while studying at Leicester University. Many of those close friendships he formed still last to this day. For instance, his university housemate was the best man at his wedding to his wife.

1. Devandran Karunakaran
DevandranKarunakaranwasbornandraisedinSingapore,hometooneoftheworld'sbusiest
andlargestports.Thisbackdropofabustlingmetropolitanculturecenteredontheeconomicsof
practicalimportandexportwasaninitialfactorinhisdecisiontoconcentratehisearlylegal
careeronadvisingoffshoreandrenewableenergyfirmsandrepresentingclientsinship
financing transactions.
Mr.Karunakaranwasraisedinahappyandlovinghome,wherehismotherspecializedin
preparingtraditionalSoutheastAsiancuisine,andhisfatherwastheprincipalofaninternational
school. The majority of his extended family still resides in Singapore.

2. Afterfinishinghisnecessary2-and-a-half-yearnationalserviceat21,hecametotheUnited
Kingdom to declare his independence and launch his career.
Instruction & Instruction
DevandranKarunakaranstudiedlawattheUniversityofLeicester.Theuniversityhasa
reputationforprovidingstudentswithsuperiorlearningopportunitiesasoneofthetopresearch
universities.Mr.Karunakaranexcelledatcontractlaw,whichgoverns,enforces,andinterprets
legal and commercial business agreements.

3. Also,hehadakeeninterestinpublicinternationallaw,generallyknownasTheLawofNations.
Thiscorpusoflegislationcontainsthesetofrulesandregulationsthatgovernandcontrol
international interactions.
Karunakaranrecallswithfondnessthediversebackgroundsandnationalitiesofthestudentshe
metandbefriendedduringhistimeatLeicesterUniversity.Someoftheseenduringconnections
stillexisttoday.Forinstance,hiscollegeroommateservedasthebestmanduringDevanand
Karunakaran's wedding to his wife.
Duringhistenureattheuniversity,Mr.Karunakarancompetedattheuniversitylevelasa
memberoftherugbyteam.DevandrantraveledtoLondontobeginhislegalcareerafter

4. completinghispost-graduatestudiesandsecuringatrainingcontractpositionwithawell-known
multinational law company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Professional Activities
ThetraineesolicitormarketintheUnitedKingdomisverycompetitive,withfewtraining
contracts.Yet,thistrainingprogramisrequiredtobecomeaUKsolicitor.Hewasfortunateto
obtainatrainingcontractwithaprestigiousUKlegalpractice.Thiswasachancethathecould
not pass up. Therefore, following graduation, he moved to London instead of Singapore.
Mr.KarunakaranresidedinLondonforaboutthirteenyearsandnowconsidersithissecond
home.Inaddition,hemadenumerousprofessionalandpersonalconnectionsthatledhimto
work for two international legal firms and spend time living and working in Piraeus, Greece.

5. DevandranKarunakaran,knownandrenownedforhistechnicallegalunderstanding,optedto
specializeinshipfinancelawandoffshoreenergyandrenewables.Intheseroles,hestrivesto
integratehistechnicallegalknowledgewithcommercialandbusinessacumenforthebenefit
and profit of his clients.
Finally,in2020,DevandranjoinedPTIndoEnergySolutionsasanall-encompassingadvisorto
theboardofdirectors.Whilethecompany'sheadquartersareinIndonesia,Devandran
maintainedhisresidenceinSingaporeandcommutedtovariousregionsofIndonesiaasthejob
required.
Personal Affairs and Interests
Hemethisfuturewife,Cornelia,afterreturningtoSingaporein2015.Atthetime,Corneliawas
workinginGermanyandwasonsecondmenttoSingapore.SheisfromHalle,Germany,now
Devandran's second city.
Mr.Karunakaranenjoyscookingandbeingclosetoandattentivetohisparents.Hereceiveda
passionforculinaryartsfromhismother,aunts,andgrandmother,whoareallexceptional
cooks.Hedesiresnotonlytocreatethedishesheenjoyedasachildbutalsotodosoina
healthy and balanced manner.
CorneliaandDevandranareextremelyconcernedaboutthestateofglobalecology.They
pursuesustainablelivingwheneverpossibletoleavetheirdaughterwithahealthyenvironment.
Mr.Karunakaranhasestablishedapersonalobjectivetoengageinmoreenvironment-related
volunteeractivityinthefutureyears.Heiscurrentlyengagedinvoluntaryworklinkedtofood
security since, in his opinion, no one should go hungry in this day and age.
TravelisanotherinterestsharedbyDevanandaKarunakaranandhisfamily.Heandhiswife
hadvisitedThailand,Indonesia,Vietnam,Switzerland,andAustralia,wheretheirrespective
occupationstookthembeforetheymet.Theirgoalistoinstillapassionfortravelandseeing
new locations in their young daughter.
Beingphysicallyfitisalsoasignificantaspectofhisfamily'slifestyle.Inadditiontoeating
healthyfoods,theyengageinphysicalactivity,getlotsoffreshair,andusenaturalfoodstoheal
and nourish the body.
DevandranKarunakaranandhisfamilyparticipateinphilanthropybecausetheyrecognizetheir
goodfortune.Inthisregard,theyhavecontributedtoaidingUkrainianrefugees.Moreover,he
contributedhistimeandknowledgeasatrusteeforaHindutemplewithwhichhisfamilyis
affiliated.