Text of President APJ Kalam's letter to Manmohan Singh:
"Dear Dr Manmohan Singh,
I know that you have been elected leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party and have the majority supportof the House of the People. I have pleasure to appoint you as Prime Minister and request you to advise me asto name the others to be appointed as members of the Council of Ministers.
You will kindly indicate to me the date and time of the swearing-in ceremony to be held in RashtrapatiBhavan at your convenience."
Manmohan Singh: An Overview
Father: Gurmukh Singh
Mother: Amrit Kaur
Date of Birth: 26 September 1932
Place of Birth: Gah (West Punjab, now in Pakistan)
Marital Status: Married on 14 September 1958
Wife: Gursharan Kaur
Children: Three daughters
Educational Qualifications: M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford), D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) Educated at University of Panjab, Cambridge and Oxford
Permanent Address: H.No. 192 (ka) Post 75, Ward 34, P.O. & P.S. Dispur, Distt. Kamrup, Guwahati-6 (Assam) [Because thisis where Congress could first ensure his Rajya Sabha membership from.]
Present Address: 19, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110011 Tel : 3015470, 3018668 Fax : 3015603 E-mail : manmohan@sansad.nic.in[till of course he shifts to 7, Racecourse Road]
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Positions Held:
1957-59: Senior Lecturer, Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh
1959-63: Reader, Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh
1963-65: Professor, Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh
1966: Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, United Nations Secretariat, New York
1966-69: Chief, Financing for Trade section, UNCTAD, United Nations Secretariat, New York
1969-71: Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics.
1971-72: Economic Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India
1972-76: Chief Economic Adivsor, Ministry of Finance, India
1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India Director, Industrial Development Bank of India Alternate Governor forIndia, Board of Governors, Asian Development Bank, Manila Alternate Governor for India, Board of Governors, IBRD
Nov. 1976-April 1980: Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), Government of India
April 1980-15 Spet. 1982: Member-Sectary, Planning Commission
1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan Joint Study Committee
16 Sept. 1982-14 Jan 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India
1982-85: Alternate Governor of India, Board of Governors, IMF
1983-84: Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
1985: President, Indian Economic Association
15 Jan 1985-31 July 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
1 Aug 1987-10 Nov 1990: Secretary-General and Commissioner, South Commission
10 Dec, 1990-14 March 1991: Advisor to Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs
15 March 1991-20 June 1991: Chairman, UGC
21 June 1991-15 May 1996: Union Finance Minister.
October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha
1991-1995: Governor for India on the Board of Governors of the IMF and the International Bank of Reconstruction andDevelopment
June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
1 Aug, 1996-4 Dec, 1997: Chairman, Committee of Commerce
1996-97: Member, Finance, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India Member, Finance, Space Commission,Government of India
21 March 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
5 June 1998 onwards: Member, Committee on Finance
13 Aug. 1998 onwards: Member, Committee on Rules Member, Committee of Privileges
2000 onwards: Member, Executive Committee, Indian Parliamentary Group
June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
August 2001 onwards: Member, General Purposes Committee
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Books Published: Author of a book entitled "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth"Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964; also published a large number of articles in various economicjournals
Other Honours:
Recipient of honorary degrees of D. Litt. from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Guru Nanak University, Amritsar, Delhi University, Delhi, Sri Venkateshwara University,Tirupathi, Panjabi University, Patiala,University of Mysore, Mysore, University of Bologna, Italy, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, OsmaniaUniversity, Hyderabad, Nagarjuna University, Jagarjunanagar and Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra
Recipient of honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
Doctorof Social Sciences from University of Roorkee, Roorkee,
D. Sc. from Chaudhary Charan Singh HaryanaAgricultural University, Hissar, and Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
Conferred:
UniversityMedal for standing first in B.A. (Hons.), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1952,
Uttar ChandKapur Medal, Panjab University, Chandigarh, for standing first in MA (Economics), 1954,
Wright's Prizefor distinguished performance at St. John's College, Cambridge, 1956 and 1957,
Adam Smith Prize,University of Cambridge, UK, 1956
Padma Vibhushan, 1987,
Euromoney Award, Finance Minister of theyear, 1993,
Asiamoney Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994,
JawaharlalNehru Brith Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress Association, 1994-95,
Justice KS HegdeFoundation Award, 1996,
Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (NIKKEI),publisher of Japan's leading business daily, 1997
Lokmanya Tilak Award by the Tilak Smarak Trust, Pune, 1997
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Awards:
H.H. KanchiSri Parmacharya Award for Excellence, 1999
Annasaheb Chirmule Award, 2000
Other Honours:
Elected, Wrenbury Scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957
Honorary Professor, (i) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1976 and (ii) Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi, 1996
Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform, 1972-74
Participated in Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Meeting, Kingston, 1975
Associate, Meetings of IMF InterimCommittee and Joint Fund-Bank Development Committee, 1976-80 and 1982-85
Fellow of the National Academy ofAgricultural Sciences, New Delhi since 1999
National Fellow, National Institute of Education NCERT, 1986
Honorary Fellow, (i) St. John's College, Cambridge, U.K., 1982, (ii) Indian Institute of Bankers, 1982,(iii) All India Management Association, 1993 and (iv) Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, 1994
Leader, Indian Delegation to (i) Aid-India Consortium Meetings, 1977-79, (ii) Indo-Soviet Joint Planning GroupMeeting, 1980-82, (iii) Indo-Soviet Monitoring Group Meeting, 1982, (iv) Commonwalth Head of GovernmentMeeting, Cyprus, 1993 and (v) Human Rights World Conference, Vienna, 1993
Attended as member of Indian delegations:
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(i) Meeting of UNCTAD trade and Development Board, Geneva, May 1971-July 1972,
(ii)Ministerial Meeting of Group of 77, Lima, October, 1971,
(iii) Third Session of UNCTAD, Santiago,April-May, 1972,
(iv) Annual Meetings of IMF, IBRD and Commonwealth Finance Ministers, 1972-79, (v)Aid-India Consortium Meetings, Paris, 1973-79,
(vi) Cancun Summit on North-South Issues, 1981 and (vii)South-South Consultations, New Delhi, 1982;
Represented Secretary-General, UNCTAD, at severalInter-Governmental meetings, including Second Session of UNCTAD, 1968 and Committee on Invisibles andFinancing related to Trade Consultant to UNCTAD, ESCAP and Commonwealth Secretariat.
Recreation:
Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, (i) India International centre and (ii) Indian Economic Association;Founder Member, India Habitat Centre
