Monday, July 31, 2006

Dr.Manmohan Singh

Would you like to have a look at Dr.Manmohan Singh's resume? For the uninitiated, he is the current Prime Minister of India as well as the original architect of India's Globalization Push of 1992.

Here it is:


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,
> InternationalMonetary 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:
>
> 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
> RightsWorld 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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