▁DR DO . ▁ ▁After ▁working ▁at ▁I IT ▁K har ag pur , ▁he ▁joined ▁Electron ics ▁Research ▁and ▁Development ▁Center ▁as ▁a ▁Techn ical ▁Staff ▁Member ▁from ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁to ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁There ▁he ▁initi ated ▁a ▁major ▁multimedia ▁health care ▁project ▁and ▁developed ▁a ▁new ▁training ▁program ▁comp li ant ▁with ▁DO E ▁A ▁level ▁for ▁internal ▁and ▁external ▁candidates . ▁ ▁From ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁to ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁project ▁manager ▁with ▁Ash ok ▁Ley land . ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁went ▁to ▁Japan ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁Research ▁Scient ist ▁for ▁N ipp on ▁Te legraph ▁and ▁Tele phone . ▁While ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁research ▁scient ist , ▁he ▁invent ed ▁' Active ▁Search ▁Algorithm ' ▁for ▁online ▁multimedia ▁database ▁retr ieval , ▁providing ▁a ▁ 1 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 ▁fol ds ▁increase ▁in ▁efficiency . ▁During ▁that ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁widely ▁acc laimed ▁by ▁Japanese ▁print ▁and ▁television ▁media . ▁He ▁also ▁invent ed ▁and ▁file d ▁three ▁pat ents ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁N ipp on ▁Te legraph ▁and ▁Tele phone . ▁His ▁research ▁work ▁was ▁acknowled ged ▁by ▁N ipp on ▁Te legraph ▁and ▁Tele phone ▁with ▁a ▁' Direct ors ▁Award '. ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁research ▁staff ▁at ▁Kent ▁R idge ▁Digital ▁L abs , ▁a ▁premier ▁research ▁institution ▁in ▁Singapore , ▁focused ▁on ▁creating ▁economic ▁impact ▁through ▁commer