Passion or Profession: Prime Minister

Period: 1932–

Dr. Manmohan Singh is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress party and became the first Sikh to become Prime Minister of India on May 22, 2004. He is one of the most qualified and influential figures in India’s recent history, because of the economic liberalization he started in 1991 when he was Finance Minister. Manmohan Singh is an economist by profession, and has formerly served in the International Monetary Fund. Singh is also known to be an unassuming politician, enjoying a formidable, highly respected and admired image.

Due to his work at the UN, International Monetary Fund and other international bodies, he is very highly respected around the world. He was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2002. Before becoming prime minister, he served as the finance minister under Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. He is widely credited for transforming the economy in the early 90s, during the financial crisis. He served as leader of the opposition, in the Upper house, from 1998 - 2004 when the Bharatiya Janata Party led coalition government was in office.

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PERSONAL DETAIL:

• 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

EDUCATION /Qualification:

• 1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh ,
• 1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab 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, Punjab 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, 19! 90: 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 Rights World Conference, Vienna

RECREATION :

• Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre,
  New Delhi