CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR. MANMOHAN SINGH

DR. MANMOHAN SINGH 

PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

ACADEMIC RECORD
1962  D. Phil., Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Topic: India’s Export Trends and Prospects for SelfSustained Growth.  [Published by Clarendon Press,
Oxford, 1964]

1957  Economic Tripos [First Class honours], University ofCambridge

1954  M.A. Economics, Panjab University – First Class with first position in the University

1952 B.A. Economics(Hons.), Panjab University – Second Class with first position in the University

1950  Intermediate Panjab University – First Class with first position in the University

1948 Matriculation, Panjab University – First class

PRIZES AND AWARDS
2000 Conferred  Annasaheb Chirmule Award by the W.LG.
alias Annasaheb Chirmule Trust setup by United
Western Bank Limited, Satara, Maharashtra

1999  Received  H.H. Kanchi Sri Paramacharya Award for
Excellence from Shri R. Venkataraman, former
President of India and Patron, The Centenarian Trust

1999 Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural
Sciences,New Delhi.

1997 Conferred Lokmanya Tilak Award by the Tilak Smarak
Trust, Pune

1997 Received  Justice K.S. Hegde Foundation Award  for
the year 1996

1997 Awarded Nikkei Asia prize for Regional Growth by the
Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. (NIKKEI), publisher of
Japan’s leading business daily

1996 Honorary Professor, Delhi School of
Economics,University of Delhi, Delhi

1995 Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the Indian
Science Congress Association for 1994-95

1994 Asiamoney Award, Finance Minister of the Year

1994 Elected Distinguished Fellow, London School of
Economics, Centre for Asia Economy, Politics and
Society

1994 Elected Honorary Fellow, Nuffield College, University of
Oxford, Oxford, U.K.

1994 Honorary Fellow, All India Management Association

1993 Euromoney Award, Finance Minister of the year

1993 Asiamoney Award, Finance Minister of the Year

1987  Padma Vibhushan Award  by the President of India

1986 National Fellow, national Institute of Education,
N.C.E.R.T.

1985 Elected President, Indian economic Association

1982 Elected Honorary Fellow, st. John’s College, Cambridge,

1982 Elected Honorary Fellow, Indian Institute of bankers

1976 Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi


1957 Elected Wrenbury Scholar, University of Cambridge,
U.K.

1955 Awarded Wright’s Prize for distinguished
performance, & St. John’s college, Cambridge, U.K.

1956 Awarded Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge,
U.K.

1954 Uttar Chand Kapur Medal,  Panjab university, for
standing first in M.A.(Economics), panjab University,
Chandigarh

1952 University Medal for standing First in B.A.
Hon.(Economics), panjab University, Chandigarh

Recipient of Honorary Degrees of D.Litt. from : 
-  Panjab University, Chandigarh
-  Guru Nanak University, Amritsar
-  Delhi University, delhi
-  Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi
-  University of Bologna, Italy
-  University of Mysore, Mysore
-  Chaudhary charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (D.Sc)
-  Kurukshetra University
-  Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, patiala (D.Sc)
-  Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar
-  Osmania University, Hyderabad
-  University of Roorkee, Roorkee (Doctor of Social Sciences)
-  Doctor of Laws by the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada -  Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University  (formerly Agra University)
- Doctor Letters degree
-  Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (Deemed University)  D.Sc. (Honoris Causa)
-  Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur


WORK EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS HELD
May 22, 2004 – till date:  Prime Minister of India

March 21, 1998 – May 22,2004: Leader of Opposition, Rajya
Sabha (Council of States)
Parliament of  India

June, 2001:  Re-elected as member of Rajya  
 Sabha for a Term of six years
August 1, 1996 - Dec 4, 1997:  Chairman, Parliamentary Standing  
 Committee on Commerce, Rajya Sabha

June 21, 1991- May 15, 1996:  Finance Minister of India

June, 1995:  Re-elected Member of Rajya
Sabha for a term of six years
September, 1991:  Elected Member of Rajya Sabha

March 1991-June 1991:  Chairman, University Grants  Commission

Dec 1990 – March 1991:  Advisor to Prime Minister of India
on Economic Affairs

August 1987 – Nov 1990:  Secretary General and
Commissioner, South Commission

Jan 1985- July 1987:  Dy. Chairman, Planning
Commission of India Sept 1982 – Jan 1985:  Governor, Reserve Bank of India

April 1980 – Sept 1982:  Member-Secretary, Planning
Commission, India

Nov.1976 – April 1980:  Secretary, Ministry of Finance
Dept. of Economic Affairs, Government of India
 Member [Finance], Atomic Energy
 Commission, Govt. of  India
 Member[Finance], Space
 Commission, Govt. of India

1972 – 1976:  Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry
of  Finance, India

1971 – 1972:  Economic Adviser, Ministry of
 Foreign Trade, India

1969 – 1971:  Professor of International Trade,
 Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
   University, India

1966 – 1969:  UNCTAD, United Nations
Secretariat,  New York
 Chief, Financing for Trade  Section

 1966 : Economic Affairs Officer

1957 – 1965  : Panjab University, Chandigarh

1963-65 : Professor of Economics

1959-63 : Reader in Economics

1957-59:Senior Lecturer in economics
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
Leader of the Indian delegation to the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting, Cyprus (1993) Leader of the Indian delegation to the Human Rights
World Conference, Vienna (1993)
Governor of India on the Board of Governors of the IMF
and the International Bank of Reconstruction &
Development (1991-95)
Appointed by Prime Minister of India as Member,
Economic Advisory Council to the Prime minister (1983-84)
Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-japan ;Joint
Study Committee (1980-83)
-  Leader, Indian Delegation to :
 Indo-Soviet Monitoring Group Meeting (1982)
 Indo-Soviet Joint Planning Group Meeting (1980-82)
 Aid India Consortium Meetings (1977-79)
-  Member Indian Delegation to :
 South-South Consultation, New Delhi (1982)
 Cancun Summit on North-South Issues (1981)
 Aid-India Consortium Meetings, Paris (1973-79)
Annual Meetings of IMF, IBRD & Commonwealth
Finance Ministers (1972-79)
Third Session of UNCTAD, Santiago (April-May 1972)
Meetings of UNCTAD Trade & Development
Board, Geneva (May 1971 – July 1972)
Ministerial Meeting of Group of 77, Lima
(Oct.1971) -  Deputy for India on IMF Committee of Twenty on
     International Monetary Reform (1972 – 74)
-  Associate, Meetings of IMF Interim Committee and
    Joint Fund-Bank Development Committee (1976-80,1982-85)
- Alternate Governor for India, Board of Governors of IBRD (1976-80)
- Alternate Governor  for India, Board of Governors of the IMF (1982-85)
- Alternate Governor for India, Board of Governors,  Asian Development Bank, Manila (1976-80)
- Director, Reserve Bank of India (1976-80)
- Director, Industrial Development Bank of India (1976-80)
- Participated in Commonwealth Prime Ministers
     Meeting, Kingston (1975)
- Represented Secretary;-General UNCTAD at several
 inter-governmental meetings including :
   
  Second Session of UNCTAD, 1968
  Committee on Invisibles & Financing Related to
  Trade, Consultant to UNCTAD, ESCAP and
  Commonwealth Secretariat
-  Member, International Organizations :
  Appointed as Member by the Secretary-General,
United Nations of a Group of Eminent Persons to
advise him on Financing for Development
(December, 2000)         PUBLICATIONS
(i)  Author of book “India’s Export Trends and
Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth”
[Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964]
(ii)  Have published a large number of articles in
economic journals
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       S/o. Shri Gurmukh Singh
      Born on 26th September, 1932
      Married in 1958 to Smt. Gursharan Kaur
      Have three daughters