Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India

Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India

By Sanjay Sharma, Section Election 2004 News
Posted on Wed May 19th, 2004 at 06:55:37 AM EST

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

RECREATION:

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

source:www.indianprimeminister.org