CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. MANMOHAN SINGH
EX-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 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 – 2014: 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
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 S/o. Shri Gurmukh Singh
 Born on 26th September, 1932
 Married in 1958 to Smt. Gursharan Kaur
 Have three daughters