Ivy Singh-Lim

Ivy Singh was born in Singapore in 1949 into a wealthy family where her father traced his lineage to the Rajput clan.^[2][3] She was one of four children and the only girl in the family.^[4] Ivy Singh eventually became involved in working in her family's property business.^[5] Ivy Singh married Lim Ho Seng, a successful businessman in 1982 and was renamed as Ivy Singh-Lim.^[4][6] Together they raised Lim's daughter from a previous marriage.^[4]

Between 1992 and 2005, she worked as president of Netball Singapore.^[7] During her tenure, she was "widely credited with bringing new life to the sport."^[3] In 1999, Singh-Lim became the president of the Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA).^[8] In 2000, she opened the Netball Singapore LifeHub.^[8] She left netball in 2006 to focus full time on her farm.^[3]

In 2000 Singh-Lim and her husband founded an organic farm, Bollywood Veggies at Lim Chu Kang area in Singapore after they both retired from their former careers.^[2][3] Singh-Lim has served as president of the Kranji Countryside Association, which is a union of farms in Singapore and was started in 2005.^[9][6] Singh-Lim emphasizes that it is important for people to have access to nature and feels that providing public access to farms helps accomplish this goal.^[9] She is also active in taking care of animals, supporting the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Singapore (SPCA) and in 2015 owned 19 dogs.^[7] Singh-Lim and her husband live with their dogs next to the farm.^[3]

Singh-Lim was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.^[3]

• Bollywood Veggies
• Interview with Bollywood Veggies founder Ivy Singh-Lim