- Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh,1952;
- Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab 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, 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 CivilServant
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, IndustrialDevelopment Bank of India;
- Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank;IBRD
- November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Departmentof 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 studycommittee
- September 16, 1982 - January 14, 1985: Governor, Reserve Bankof 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 oneconomic 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 standingcommittee 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 PUBLISHED :
- India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -ClarendonPress, Oxford University, 1964;
- A large number of articles in various economic journals.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge,
- 1956Padma Vibhushan,
- 1987Euro 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 Meeting
- 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 International Centre, NewDelhi
Friends by now u might have guessed who is he..He is non other than d honourable Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh..
its an awesome resume for sure.. But records are made to be broken.. Also indians are good at breaking records.. Even sachin tendulkar admitted that only an indian can break his record... Hope for the best.
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