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General Forum: Govt. and Politics | | Brighter chances to become PM | |
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EDUCATION / Qualification:
1. Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Panjab University,chandigarh,1952;
2. Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University, Chandigarh,1954;
3. Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College,Cambridge, 1955 and 1957;
4. Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957;
5. DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa);
6. 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, >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
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: HumanRights
World Conference, Vienna
RECREATION:
Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India InternationalCentre, 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
Our Prime Minister seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.
Posted by: Mrs. shaloo At: 4, Mar 2006 12:05:38 PM IST
What qualifications previous people had?
Better than Indian silicon valley CM :P
Posted by: Mr. The Fountainhead (A.K.A Fake ID) At: 8, Feb 2006 8:42:45 PM IST
Karnataka politics gave much way to him.
Loyalty made him to be more success.
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 7, Feb 2006 10:47:28 PM IST
congress lone ?? ( oka vela congress ayite venuka .. paripalana evarido ? )
Posted by: బుజ్జిది At: 7, Feb 2006 10:43:22 PM IST
Dr. YSR has more chances to become PM .
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 7, Feb 2006 10:41:30 PM IST
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