CURRICULUM VITAE
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 Self- Sustained Growth. [Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964]

  • 1957 Economic Tripos [First Class honours], University of Cambridge

  • 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 set up 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 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 Distinguished Performance, St. John’s College, Cambridge, U.K. Awarded Wright’s  Prize

  • 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

  • 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, 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: and Commissioner, South Commission Secretary General

  • 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 : Punjab 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

    • 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

  • Author of book “India’s Export Trends and Prospects Self-Sustained for Growth” [Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964]

  •  Large number of articles in economic journals

S/o. Shri Gurmukh Singh
Born on 26th September, 1932
Married in 1958 to Smt. Gursharan Kaur
Three daughters