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{{Infobox person
| name =Indu Prkash Singh
| image = Dr Singh Portrait.JPG
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|07|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 16 August 2002 (aged 71)
| death_place = [[London]], [[England]]
| occupation = Indian Ambassador, Author, Civil Servant, Politician
| spouse = Asha Singh
}}

'''Indu Prakash Singh''' ('''I. P. Singh'''; 23 July 1931 – 16 August 2002) was an Indian philosopher, economist, politician, scholar, author<ref name="google.co.in">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BKMEAQAAIAAJ|title=Commonism, the manifesto of a new social order|work=google.co.in|isbn=9788170992820|last1=Singh|first1=Indu Prakash|year=1991}}</ref><ref name="google.co.in1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DshHAAAAMAAJ|title=The aborted revolution|work=google.co.in|isbn=9780706949513|last1=Singh|first1=Indu Prakash|year=1990}}</ref> and former diplomat with the [[Indian Foreign Service]]. He served as General Secretary of the [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=268417&p=p&cid=48|title=Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate|work=empoweringindia.org}}</ref> and was also a member of the National Executive of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He served as Indian [[Ambassador]] to Nepal in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/12289/DR+INDU+PRAKASH+SINGH+has+been+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+Nepal+in+succession+to+Shri+Deb+Mukherjee|title=DR. INDU PRAKASH SINGH, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal in succession to Shri Deb Mukherjee|work=mea.gov.in}}</ref>
He died in office on 16 August 2002 after a long battle with Cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020818/spotlite.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Spotlight|work=tribuneindia.com}}</ref>

==Early life==
Indu Prakash Singh was born in the city of [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Dayawati Singh and Bhagwati Din Singh who was a Barrister at the time of the [[British Raj]]. His grandfather Suraj Bali Singh was a freedom fighter in the [[Indian independence movement]].

He finished his schooling from Madho Patti, Jaunpur, from where he did his undergraduate degree at [http://tdcollege.co.in/ Tilakdhari College], Jaunpur. He went on to do a M.A degree in Philosophy from Allahabad University from where he also received his PHd in 1958.

==Career==
He later joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in the batch of 1955, having stood first All-India IFS entrance examination. After administrative training in the state of [[West Bengal]] which included a spell at [[Santiniketan]], he joined the [[Oxford University]] for a special course in [[International relations]].
After serving in Indian [[Diplomatic mission|Diplomatic Mission]] in [[Cairo]], [[Beirut]], [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Kathmandu]], he was appointed India's Ambassador to [[Sudan]]. Subsequently, he served as Deputy High Commissioner and Acting High Commissioner of [[India]] in [[London]] and as ambassador in [[Madrid]] and [[Rangoon, Myanmar]]. He also served in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] and the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]] of the Government of India in various capacities.

As a diplomat, Dr. Singh had the opportunity to take part in a large number of international and bilateral meetings. Prominent among these were. The first Islamic Summit held in [[Rabat]] in 1969, the Indo-Pak meeting in [[Islamabad]] to resume diplomatic relations in 1976, the Non-aligned Coordination Bureau Foreign Ministers' Meeting in [[New Delhi]] in 1977 of which he was Secretary-General, and the meeting of the Common wealth Committee on Southern Africa to discuss the independence of [[Zimbabwe]].
He retired from the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in September 1989, after declining an offer of extension of service by the [[Government of India]].

==Political career==
Following his retirement in 1989, Dr. Singh entered political life joining the [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]], which was then part of [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|V.P Singh's]] [[Third Front (India)|National Front]]. He stood in the [[1989 Indian general election|1989 Lok Sabha elections]] from the Jaunpur constituency, U.P, with a Congress (S) ticket but was defeated by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP's]] Raja Yadavendra Dutt Dubey. He went on to become General Secretary of the Congress (S) in 1990.
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|caption=Dr Singh (Extreme Left) accompanying the then Minister of External Affairs, Shri [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and other dignitaries in the capacity of Joint Secretary Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.
}}

In 1991, he launched his own [[Political party]] – the ‘Sajhawadi Party’ – modeled around the politico-economic ideology he had outlined in his last book – "Commonism – A Manifesto of a New Social Order". He had another failed attempt at standing for Lok Sabha from the Sajhawadi Party in the Delhi bi-election in 1992, which was won by [[Indian National Congress]] candidate and veteran [[Bollywood]] actor [[Rajesh Khanna]].

In 1995, Dr. Singh merged the Sajhawadi Party with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and became head of the BJP’s foreign cell. He became National Council Member of the BJP when the party briefly held power in 1998–99. During this period he became Chairman of the [http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/en/09__Politics/Bilaterals/Consultative__Group.html Indo-German Consultative Group] carrying a Cabinet Rank. He also served from 1999 to 2002 as Vice-Chairman of the Research and Information Systems (RIS) for Developing Countries – an autonomous think tank under the Ministry of External Affairs that specializes in policy research on international economic issues and development cooperation.

==Family==
Dr. Singh is survived by his wife and five children. His eldest daughter, Sujata Singh is an established Artist and teaches Art at [[The British School, New Delhi]]. His eldest son Rahul Kumar Singh is on the [[Board of Directors]] of Indian Company [http://www.severus.in Severus]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://companyinfoz.com/company/severus-india-private-limited|title=Severus India Private Limited|work=companyinfoz.com}}</ref> and was formerly married to Princess Gayatri Singh Bhati of [[Jaisalmer State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalfamilyofindia.com/jaisalmer|title=JAISALMER|work=Royal Family Of India}}</ref> His youngest daughter, Dr Naveena Singh is an accomplished Pathologist at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]], [[London]] and is married to eminent artist [http://www.stuartrobertsonuk.com/ Stuart Robertson]. His second son Amitabh Singh is an Officer in the [[Indian Postal Service]] of the Government of India, Amitabh Singh's wife Kalpana Singh is also a [[Joint Secretary to Government of India|Joint Secretary]] to the Government of India. His youngest son, [http://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/janmejay-singh Janmejay Singh] works for [[The World Bank]] in Washington D.C along with his wife, Ruchira Kumar who works at the [[International Finance Corporation]].

Indian [[Entrepreneurship|Entrepreneur]] [[Vijayraj singh|Vijayraj Singh]] is his Grandson.
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| name = Dr. I. P. Singh's Family Members
| image = Dr. I P Singh's Family.jpg
|caption=This photo shows the whole family members of Dr. I P Singh. MERGEDr. Singh (Second from right) with his Family members, Mrs. Asha Singh his wife (Third from left), Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh (Eldest Son, Extreme right), Amitabh Singh (Forth from left behind his parents), Dr Naveena Singh (Extreme left) and Janmejay Singh the youngest son of Dr Singh.(Standing with his eldest sister Naveena Singh)}}

==Books==
Dr. Singh was a regular contributor to newspaper and media articles and radio/television stores. He has authored various books:

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=QSkFNAEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Indu+Prakash+Singh%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCwQ6AEwA2oVChMIk9WM-bHZxwIVg0-OCh0D_g_H Diplommetry] (1970)
*The Gita – A Workshop on the Expansion of Self (1977)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPkJAQAAIAAJ|title=The Gita|work=google.co.in|last1=Singh|first1=Indu Prakash|year=1977}}</ref>
*The Aborted Revolution (1990)<ref name="google.co.in1"/>
*Commonism – The Manifesto of a New Social Order (1991)<ref name="google.co.in"/>
*Women, Law and Social Change in India <ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Women, Law and Social Change in India|author=Singh, I.P.|date=1989|publisher=Sangam Books|isbn=9780861322114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VosnPwAACAAJ|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>
*Indian Women: The Power Trapped <ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=Indian Women: The Power Trapped|author=Singh, I.P.|date=1991|publisher=Galaxy Publications (Shree Niwas Publications)|isbn=9788172000066|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCMqAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>
*Art of Partnership: Networking for the Rights of Homeless <ref name="google3">{{cite book|title=Art of Partnership: Networking for the Rights of Homeless : the WAAAY|author1=Tingal, D.|author2=Trisal, P.|author3=Singh, I.P.|author4=Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan (Organisation)|date=2005|publisher=Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan &|isbn=9788189164201|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kjLPgAACAAJ|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>
*Indian Women, The Captured Beings <ref name="google4">{{cite book|title=Indian women, the captured beings|author=Singh, I.P.|date=1990|publisher=Intellectual Pub. House|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiMqAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>

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