Bilahari Kausikan

Bilahari Kim Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan

P. S. Raman named his son Bilahari Kim Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan: Bilahari is the name of a raga; Kausikan is a form of the Vedic surname Kaushik; Setlur is a Brahmin sub-caste; and Papanasam is the name of P. S. Raman's home village in Tamil Nadu. Kim Hee is the Chinese name that Kausikan's mother gave him.

During this time, he would secretly submit articles to The Straits Times under the pseudonym "Bee Kim Hee". Half way into his dissertation, he decided to drop out from the course and return to Singapore, where he joined the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Career Kausikan joined the civil service in 1981 as a foreign service officer, and was assigned to the Administrative Service in 1983.

Kausikan was appointed as Singapore's Ambassador to Russia in 1994, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Finland. Kausikan served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1995 and 1998, with concurrent accreditation as Singapore's High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico.

In 1998, Kausikan was appointed as Deputy Secretary (Foreign Affairs) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed as Second Permanent Secretary in 2001, and was promoted to Permanent Secretary on 1 September 2010.

Honours Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Emas) (Public Administration Medal (Gold)) Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal)

Works "Singapore: Israel in Southeast Asia?" in Beating the Odds Together: 50 Years of Singapore-Israel Ties. Ed. Mattia Tomba. Singapore: World Scientific Book, 2019. "China Is Messing with Your Mind" Epigram Books, 2019.