Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister of India

Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India







Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, and the original Architect of the Economic Liberlization.



* Born on: September 26, 1932

* Place of Birth: Gah (West Punjab)

* Father: Gurmukh Singh

* Mother: Amrit Kaur

* Married on: September 14, 1958

* Wife: Gursharan Kaur

* Children: Three daughters



EDUCATION:



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 at 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:



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 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1996) and Civil Servant



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

* November 1976 – April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (department of economic affairs); Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member, finance, Space Commission

* April 1980 – September 15, 1982 : Member-secretary, Planning Commission

* 1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee September 16, 1982 – January 14, 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

* January 15, 1985 – July 31, 1987 : Deputy chairman, Planning Commission

* August 1, 1987 – November 10, 1990 : Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva

* December 10, 1990 – March 14, 1991 : Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs

* March 15, 1991 – June 20, 1991 : Chairman, UGC

* June 21, 1991 – May 15, 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

* August 1, 1996 – December 4, 1997 : Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce

* March 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha

* June 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance

* August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules

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

* June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

* Aug 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

* Euromoney Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;

* Asiamoney 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