Dr. Manmohan Singh a Great Legend

> Educational Qualification

> 1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University ,Chandigarh ,
> 1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University Chandigarh​ h ,
> 1954; Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College,
> Cambridge,
> 1955 and 1957; Wrenbur 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, Punjab 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, India
> 1985: President, Indian Economic Association
> January 15, 1985 - July 31, 1987 : Deputy Chairman,Planning Commission
> August 1, 1987 - November 10, 19! 90: 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
> 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
> 

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