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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 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 /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 and Civil Servant
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
· 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 Assamon 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, 1998onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
· June 5, 1998onwards: Member, committee on finance
· August 13, 1998onwards: 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
· 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 IM 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 Cyprus1993: 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: Amrit Kaur
Married on: September 14, 1958
Wife: Gursharan Kaur
Children: Three daughters
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