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EDUCATION /Qualification


Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1952;

Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1954;

Wright's Prize for distinguished performance St John's College, Cambridge, 1955 and 1957;

Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957;

DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa);

PhD thesis on India's export competitiveness


OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience


Professor (Senior lecturer), Economics, 1957-59;

Reader, Economics, 1959-63;

Professor, Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65;

Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi, 1969-71;

Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi, 1976
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1996


Working Experience/ POSITIONS


1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade

1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance

1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India; Director, Industrial Development Bank of India; Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank; Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD

1976 - 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Department of economic affairs); Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member, finance, Space Commission

1980 - 1982: Member-secretary, Planning Commission

1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee

1982 - 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India

1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors, International Monetary Fund

1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister

1985: President, Indian Economic Association

1985 - 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

1987 - 1990: Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva

1990 - 1991: Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs

1991 - 1991: Chairman, UGC

1991 - 1996: Union finance minister

October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket

June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance

1996 - 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce

1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha

1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance

1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules

1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member, executive committee, Indian parliamentary group

June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee

BOOKS:

India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth –Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964; also published a large number of articles in various economic journals.

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, 1956

Padma Vibhushan, 1987

Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;

Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:

1966: Economic Affairs Officer

1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD

1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform

1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings

1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting

1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting

1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna

RECREATION:

Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre, New Delhi

Name: Dr Manmohan Singh

DOB: September 26, 1932

Place of Birth: Gah (West Punjab)

Father: S. Gurmukh Singh

Mother: Mrs Amrit Kaur

Married on: September 14, 1958

Wife: Mrs Gursharan Kaur

Children: Three daughters

Our Prime Minister seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.


Pass this to every INDIAN.... and be PROUD to be an INDIAN