Editing Devan Nair (section)

==Personal life and death==
After his resignation as President, Nair and his wife migrated first to the United States in 1988 where they settled in [[Gaithersburg, Maryland]]. They later moved to [[Bloomington, Indiana]]. The couple later moved to [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada, where they lived for the rest of their lives. His wife, [[Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi]], died on 18 April 2005 in Hamilton, whilst Nair, who had developed severe [[dementia]], died on 6 December of the same year as his wife in Hamilton, Canada.<ref name="obituary">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/world/asia/obituarydevan-nair-82-expresident-of-singapore.html | title=Obituary:Devan Nair, 82, ex-president of Singapore | newspaper=The New York Times | date=8 December 2005 | access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Daljit |last2=Salazar |first2=Lorraine Carlos |title=Southeast Asian Affairs 2006 |date=2006 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-230-373-8 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yWxmZ4mNrSoC |language=en}}</ref> After his death, he was cremated and his ashes were buried at White Chapel Memorial Park, together with his wife.

Nair was survived by his daughter, three sons, and five grandchildren.<ref name="obituary" /> His eldest son, [[Janadas Devan]],<ref name="family">{{Cite news |title=Growing up in the President's shadow |url=http://news.asiaone.com/print/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111121-311693.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811012250/http://news.asiaone.com/print/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111121-311693.html |archive-date=11 August 2015 |access-date=5 December 2015 |publisher=my paper}}</ref> was a senior editor with ''[[The Straits Times]]'' and is currently Chief of Government Communications at the [[Ministry of Communications and Information]] (MCI) and also a director at the public policy think-tank [[Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore)|Institute of Policy Studies]] (IPS). Janadas Devan is married to literary scholar [[Geraldine Heng]]. His second son, Janamitra Devan, was the former Vice-President of the [[International Finance Corporation]],<ref name="family" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Management Team - Janamitra Devan |url=http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/corp_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/about+ifc/organization/about+ifc+-+mgmt+group+-+janamitra+devan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325021208/http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/corp_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/about+ifc/organization/about+ifc+-+mgmt+group+-+janamitra+devan |archive-date=25 March 2012 |access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref> and the World Bank. His third son, Janaprakash Devan died in 2009.<ref name="family" /> His only daughter, Vijaya Kumari Devan continues to reside in Hamilton, Ontario.<ref name="family" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Devan Nair helped shape Singapore |url=http://www.asianpacificpost.com/article/2119-devan-nair-helped-shape-singapore.html |access-date=5 December 2015 |publisher=Asian Pacific Post}}</ref> Nair was a good friend of Dutch economist [[Albert Winsemius]], and composed a poem titled "The [[Yangtze]]'s Voyage Through History" for him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Wei Ling |title=A Hakka Woman's Singapore |publisher=[[Straits Times Press]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-981-4642-47-7 |edition=1st |pages=120–121 |language=en |authorlink=Lee Wei Ling}}</ref>

===Devan Nair Institute===
Nair's legacy remains highly respected in Singapore, especially in regards to his association with the labour movement. The Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability located in [[Jurong East]] was opened on 1 May 2014 by Prime Minister [[Lee Hsien Loong]] to recognise his contributions to the labour movement when he was Secretary-General of [[National Trades Union Congress]].<ref name="RSPSG">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsp.com.sg/article/show?id=3|title=Devan Nair Institute opens|website=www.rsp.com.sg|access-date=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719113918/http://www.rsp.com.sg/article/show?id=3|archive-date=19 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The goal of the institution is to establish a network for workers and employers seeking employment and employability solutions in Singapore.<ref name="RSPSG"/>