New Delhi: Following is the personal profile of Manmohan Singh, who will on Friday be sworn in as Prime Minister for the second consecutive term:
Born on: September 26, 1932, in Gah, West Punjab (presently Pakistan)
Family: Got married on September 14, 1958. Has three daughters – Upender, Daman and Amrit
Education: MA, D.Phil (Oxford), D. Litt (Honoris Causa), Educated at Universities of Panjab, Cambridge and Oxford
Positions Held:
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, Manila; alternate governor for India, board of governors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (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 1982: member-secretary, Planning Commission
September 1982-January 1985 : governor, Reserve Bank of India
1982-85: alternate governor for India, board of governors, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
1983-84 : member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
January 1985-July 1987: deputy chairman, Planning Commission
August 1987-Nov 1990: secretary general and commissioner, South Commission, Geneva
December 1990-March 1991: advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs
March 1991-June 1991: chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC)
June 1991-May 1996: union finance minister
October 1991 : elected to Rajya Sabha
1991-95: governor for India on the board of governors of the IMF and IBRD
June 1995: re-elected to Rajya Sabha
1996 onwards: member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
August 1996-December 1997: chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce
March 1998 onwards: leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
June 2001: re-elected to Rajya Sabha
May 2004: appointed prime minister of India
Accomplishments:
- Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge, 1955 and 1957
- Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, UK, 1956
- Padma Vibhushan, 1987
- Euromoney Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993
- Asiamoney Award, Finance Minster of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994
Other Information:
- Professor, (i) Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65 and (ii) International Trade, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1969-71
- Honorary Professor, (i) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1976, and (ii) Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1996
- Author of India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth
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