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Our new PM Manmohan Singh's Profile
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Personal Details : ------------------- Date of Birth : 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 Work 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) -Civil Servant Professional details : --------------------- 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 Other Activites - 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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