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Atem S. Ramsundersingh
Aatmanand (nickname: 'Atem') Shantilall Ramsundersingh was born on April 28, 1960, in Nieuw Nickerie, the second town of Suriname, located in the west of the country, a former Dutch Colony in South America. Currently, he serves as Founder, Board Director and Chief Executive Officer of WEnergy Global Pte Ltd, a renewable energy company based in Singapore.

Atem was born in the small town of Nieuw Nickerie, also known as the 'rice district' of Suriname. His father, Somaroo Ramsundersingh, and his mother Ramdee Ramsundersingh-Bisalsingh, were small rice famers in the utmost western part of District Nickerie. Through a series of successful harvests, his father managed to procure land in the town center of Nickerie and started to build his trading business since the 1950s. In 1969 his parents decided to move to the Capital City of Suriname, Paramaribo. His parents continued to grow their trading business both in Nickerie and in Paramaribo, taking care of nine daughters and three sons.