RESUME
Name: Dr Manmohan Singh (India's Prime Minister)
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
EDUCATION /Qualification:
* 1950: 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 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 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 Written:
* 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
