Date: 5/19/2004
NEW PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, MANMOHAN SINGH, SON OF SOIL.
A REFUGEE TO BOOT (WHO KNOWS THE PAIN OF MOTHER INDIA'S MUTILATION IN 1947)
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> > Place of birth
> Gah in West Punjab (now in Pakistan) > > Date of birth
> September 26, 1932 > > Education
> MA, DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa) > > Academic Career
> Senior Lecturer in Economics (1957-59), Reader in > Economics (1959-63),
> Professor in Economics (1963-65) at Punjab > University, Chandigarh >
> Professor of International Trade, Delhi School of > Economics, University of Delhi (1969-71) > > Honorary Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, > New Delhi, 1976, and at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1996 > > National Fellow, National Institute of Education, > NCERT, 1986 > > Honorary Fellow, (i) St John's College, Cambridge > UK, 1982, (ii) Indian Institute of Bankers, 1982 (iii) All India > Management Association, 1993 and (iv) Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, 1994 > > Wrenbury Scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957 >
> Non-Academic Career
> Economic Affairs Officer, 1966 and Chief, Financing > for Trade Section,
> UNCTAD, United Nations Secretariat, New York, > 1966-69 > > President, Indian Economic Association, 1985 >
> Chairman, (i) UGC, March 15, 1991 to June 20, 1991,
> (ii) India Committee of the Indo-Japan Joint Study Committee, 1980-83 and
> (iii) Committee on Commerce, August 1, 1996-December 4, 1997 > > Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, January 15, > 1985 to July 31, 1987 > > Governor, Reserve Bank of India, September 16, 1982 > to January 14, 1985 > > Director, (i) Reserve Bank of India, 1976-80 and
> (ii) Industrial Development > Bank of India, 1976-80; Economic Advisor, Ministry > of Foreign Trade, India, > 1971-72 > > Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India, > 1972-76 > > Advisor to Prime Minister of India on Economic > Affairs, December 10, 1990 to March 14, 1991 > > Secretary-General and Commissioner, South Commission > August 1, 1987 to November 10, 1990 > > Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of > Economic Affairs), Government of India, November, 1976 to April, 1980 > > Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, April, 1980 > to September 15, 1982 > > Member, (i) Finance, Atomic Energy Commission, > Government of India,
(ii) Finance, Space Commission, Government of India,(iii) > Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, 1983-84 > > Member,(i) Committee on Finance,(ii) Committee on > Rules, (iii) Committee of Privileges and (iv) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance > > Leader, Indian Delegation to (i) Indo-Soviet > Monitoring Group Meeting, 1982,
> (ii) Indo-Soviet Joint Planning Group Meeting, > 1980-82 (iii) Aid-India Consortium Meetings, 1977-79, (iv) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,
> Cyprus, 1993 and (v) Human Rights World Conference, > Vienna, 1993 > > Attended as member of Indian Delegations (a) > South-South Consultations, New Delhi, 1982, (b) Cancun Summit on North-South Issues, 1981, (c) Aid-India Consortium Meetings, Paris, 1973-79, (d) Annual Meetings of IMF, IBRD and > Commonwealth Finance Ministers, 1972-79 (e) Third > Session of UNCTAD, Santiago, April-May, 1972, (f) Meeting of UNCTAD Trade and Development Board, Geneva, May 1971-July 1972 and (g) Ministerial Meeting of Group of 77, Lima, October, 1971 >
> Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on > International Monetary Reform, 1972-74 > > Associate, Meetings of IMF Interim Committee and > Joint Fund-Bank Development Committee, 1976-80 and 1982-85; Alternate Governor for India, (i) Board of Governors,IBRD, 1976-80, (ii) Board of Governors IMF, 1982-85 and
(iii) Board of Governors Asian Development Bank, Manila, > 1976-80 > > Governor for India on the Board of Governors of the > IMF and the International Bank for Reconstruction and > Development, 1991-95
> Participated in Commonwealth Prime Ministers' > Meeting, Kingston, 1975;
> represented Secretary-General UNCTAD at several > Inter-Governmental meetings, > including Second Session of UNCTAD, 1968 and Committee on Invisibles and > Financing related to Trade Consultant to UNCTAD, > ESCAP and Commonwealth Secretariat > > Political Career
> Union Finance Minister, June 21, 1991 to May 15, > 1996
> Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha; elected to the > Rajya Sabha in October,
> 1991 and re-elected in June 1995 > > Awards
> Recipient of honorary degrees of DLitt from Panjab > University, Chandigarh, > Guru Nanak University, Amritsar, Delhi University, Delhi, Sri Venkateshwara > University, Tirupathi, Panjabi University, Patiala, > University of Mysore, Mysore, University of Bolonga, Italy, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra,
> Osmania University, Hyderabad, Nagarjuna University, > Nagarjunanagar and Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra > > Recepient of honorary degree of (i) Doctor of Laws > from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, (ii) Doctor of Social Sciences from University of Roorkee, Roorkee and (iii) DSc from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana
> Agricultural University, Hissar and
(iv) Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala > > Conferred,
(i) University Medal for standing first in > BA(Hons), Economics, > Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1952, (ii) Uttar > Chand Kapur Medal, Panjab > University, Chandigarh, for standing first in M.A.(Economics) 1954, (iii) Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St > John's College, Cambridge, 1956 and 1957, (iv) Adam Smith Prize, > University of Cambridge, UK, 1956, (v) Padma Vibhushan, 1987, (vi) Euromoney Award, Finance Minister of the year, 1993 (vii) Asiamoney Award, Finance Minister of the year for Asia, 1993 and 1994, (viii) Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the > Indian Science Congress Association, 1994-95, (ix) Justice KS Hegde Foundation Award, 1996 ,(x) Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (NIKKEI), publisher of > Japan's leading business daily,1997 and (xi) Lokmanya Tilak Award by the Tilak Smarak Trust, Pune, 1997. > >
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