Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh

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

One can hardly find very few world leaders can compete with resume. ********************************************************************************

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.
• Wrights 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 and
• 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 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: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha.
• June 5, 1998: Member, committee on finance.
• August 13, 1998: 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: Member, general purposes committee.
• May 22, 2004 onwards: Prime Minister of India.

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

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Say Cheese!!!

A man asked sardarji, why Manmohan singh goes walking at evening not in the morning.

Sardarji replied ''Arey bhai Manmohan is PM not AM''