Dr Manmohan Singh - India's PrimeMinister

Dr Manmohan Singh is one of the very literate and highly educated person who has ever been appointed as the Prime Minister of any country. Read below to understand his background. By reading his profile, it wont be wrong in saying "We Are Proud To be Indian"                                                                                                                       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 theUniversity 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   --------------------------------------------------------                      Born on 26th September, 1932