Dr. Manmohan Singh - Quick Facts

Born: September 26, 1932 at Gah, West Punjab, near Amritsar

Parents: Mr Gurmukh Singh and Mrs Gursharan Kaur

Education: M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford), D.Litt.(Honoris Causa)

Permanent Address: 9, Safdar Jung Lane, New Delhi.

Academic Highlights

• 1957-59 Senior Lecturer in Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh
• 1959-63 Reader in Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh
• 1963-65 Professor in Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh
• 1969-71 Professor of International Trade, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
• 1976 Honorary Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• 1982 Honorary Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge UK
• 1982 Honorary Fellow, Indian Institute of Bankers
• 1986 National Fellow, National Institute of Education, NCERT
• 1993 Honorary Fellow, All India Management Association
• 1994 Honorary Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford
• 1996 Honorary Professor at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, New

Career Highlights

• 1972 to 1974 Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform
• 1972 to 1976 Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India
• 1982 to 1985 Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• 1985 President, Indian Economic Association
• 1985 to 1987 Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
• 1991 to 1996 Union Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao government
• 1991 Elected to the Rajya Sabha
• 1995 Re-elected to the Rajya Sabha: Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha;

Recreational Pastimes: Reading and writing.

Publications: "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth" Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964, and has also published a large number of articles in various economic Journals.