Manmohan Singh

Dr. Manmohan Singh (Gurmukhi: ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ, Devanagari: मनमोहन सिंह) is the fourteenth, and current, Prime Minister of India. He was born on 26 September, 1932, Gah, West Punjab (now in Pakistan) and is member of the left-of-centre Indian National Congress party. A Sikh by faith, Singh was sworn in on May 22, 2004.

Career

• First Class Honours degree in Economics, University of Cambridge, (1957)
• Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
• Senior Lecturer, Economics (1957-1959)
• Reader (1959-1963)
• Professor (1963-1965)
• D.Phil in Economics, Nuffield College at Oxford University, (1962)
• Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
• Professor of International Trade (1969-1971)
• Honorary Professor (1996)
• Economic Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India (1971-1972)
• Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India, (1972-1976)
• Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1976)
• Director, Reserve Bank of India (1976-1980)
• Director, Industrial Development Bank of India (1976-1980)
• Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), Government of India, (1977-1980)
• Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1982-1985)
• Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India, (1985-1987)
• Advisor to Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs (1990-1991)
• Finance Minister of India, (June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996)
• Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha
• Prime Minister of India (May 22,2004 - Present)