List of awards and honours received by Manmohan Singh

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Template:Manmohan Singh series Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist, academic and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India for two consecutive terms (2004–09 and 2009–14).[1] Singh held prominent posts in different organisations and received several honours for his work even before beginning his political career.[2] He held various posts such as an advisor to the Foreign Trade Ministry, Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and head of the Planning Commission.[3] As the finance minister in the P. V. Narasimha Rao government in the 1990s, he carried out several structural reforms that liberalised India's economy.[4] Singh was re-elected as the prime minister in 2009. He is the only prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.[5] Singh is also the first and only Sikh to hold the office.

Born on 26 September 1932 in Gah (British India), Singh received his early education from the Hindu College, Amritsar, where his family migrated after the Partition of India. From 1966 to 1969, he worked for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).[6] Later, Singh worked as a professor of International Trade at the Delhi School of Economics from 1969 to 1971.[7] In 1972, he was appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance. He became a secretary in the Ministry of Finance in 1976. From 1980 to 1982, he worked for the Planning Commission of India.[8] He served as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 16 September 1982 to 14 January 1985.[9]

In 1985, Singh was appointed as the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India, a post he held till 1987.[10] From 1987 to 1990, Singh worked as the secretary general of the South Commission, an independent economic think-tank based in Geneva, Switzerland.[11][12] In 1990, Singh became the Adviser on Economic Affairs to the Prime Minister, following his return to India. In 1991, he was appointed as the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Later that year, Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao appointed him the Finance Minister of India, in his government—a post Singh held until 1996. Despite strong opposition, as finance minister, he was successful in implementing economic reforms aimed at enhancing productivity and liberalising of India's economy.[13] In 1993, Singh led Indian delegations to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Cyprus and to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna.

Singh was first elected to the upper house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, in 1991 by the legislature of the state of Assam; he was re-elected in 1995, 2001 and 2007.[14][15][16][17] In the 2004 General Elections, the Indian National Congress party joined some allies to form the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and defeated the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). Congress leader, Sonia Gandhi recommended Singh's name for the post of Prime Minister and on 22 May 2004, he became the 14th Prime Minister of India. In 2009, UPA was again successful in forming the government in the 15th Lok Sabha elections, and he was re-elected as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2009.

List

State honours

Year Ribbon Award State Ref(s)
2014 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers Japan [18][19][20][21]
1987 Padma Vibhushan India [22][23][24][25]

Other awards

Year Name of Award or Honour Awarding Organisation Notes Ref(s)
2010 Honorary Doctorate Degree Moscow State Institute of International Relations [26]
2010 World Statesman Award Appeal of Conscience Foundation Singh was honoured with the World Statesman Award at a ceremony at New York on 21 September 2010. [27]
2010 Honorary Doctorate Degree King Saud University [28]
2008 Honorary Doctor of Letters Benaras Hindu University [29]
2008 Honorary Doctor of Letters University of Madras [30]
2007 Honorary Doctorate Degree University of Jammu [31]
2006 Honorary Doctor of Civil Law University of Cambridge
2005 Top 100 Influential People in the World Time [32][33]
2005 Honorary Fellowship All India Institute of Medical Sciences The Honorary Fellowship of AIIMS was conferred upon Singh for his outstanding contribution as an economist and a visionary statesman. [34]
2005 Honorary Doctor of Civil Law University of Oxford
2002 Outstanding Parliamentarian Award Indian Parliamentary Group [35]
2000 Annasaheb Chirmule Award Annasaheb Chirmule Trust [36]
1999 H.H. Kanchi Sri Paramacharya Award for Excellence Shri R. Venkataraman, The Centenarian Trust [37]
1999 Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences National Academy of Agricultural Sciences [38]
1997 Lokmanya Tilak Award Tilak Smarak Trust [39]
1997 Justice K.S. Hegde Foundation Award Justice K.S. Hegde Foundation [37]
1997 Honorary Doctor of Law degree University of Alberta
1997 Nikkei Asia prize for Regional Growth Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. [40]
1996 Honorary Professorship Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi [41]
1995 Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award (1994–95) Indian Science Congress Association [42]
1994 Finance Minister of the Year Asiamoney [43]
1994 Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award (1994–95) Indian Science Congress Association [44]
1994 Elected Distinguished Fellow of the London School of Economics London School of Economics Centre for Asia Economy, Politics and Society [45]
1994 Elected Honorary Fellow Nuffield College, Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK [45]
1994 Elected Honorary Fellow of the All India Management Association All India Management Association [46]
1993 Finance Minister of the Year Euromoney [47]
1993 Finance Minister of the Year Asiamoney [48]
1986 Elected National Fellow National Institute of Education [49]
1985 Elected President of the Indian Economic Association Indian Economic Association [50]
1983 Doctor of Letters Panjab University [51]
1982 Elected Honorary Fellow St John's College, Cambridge [52]
1982 Elected Honorary Fellow Indian Institute of Bankers [53]
1976 Honorary Professorship Jawaharlal Nehru University [54]
1957 Elected Wrenbury Scholar University of Cambridge [55]
1956 Adam Smith Prize University of Cambridge [56]
1955 Wright Prize for Distinguished Performance St. John's College, Cambridge, UK [55]
1954 Uttar Chand Kapur Medal Panjab University, Chandigarh For standing first in M.A.(Economics) [48]
1952 University Medal Punjab University, Chandigarh {Was then in Hoshiarpur, Punjab} For standing first in B.A.(Honors Economics) [57]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Manmohan Singh -May 22, 2004 – May 26, 2014. Prime Minister's Office (India).
  2. ↑ Detailed Profile: Dr. Manmohan 77777Singh. National Portal of India.
  3. ↑ Profile: Manmohan Singh. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
  4. ↑ Rao Ministry. indiancabinet.
  5. ↑ Manmohan Singh: Biography, Political career, Books and Education(22 May 2020). Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  6. ↑ The Statesman's Yearbook 2015: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Palgrave Macmillan UK(27 December 2016). ISBN 978-1-349-67278-3
  7. ↑ The Papers of Dr. Manmohan Singh. Ashoka University.
  8. ↑ The Indian Economy Since Independence. Florida Atlantic University.
  9. ↑ Past Governors and Deputy Governors. Reserve Bank of India.
  10. ↑ Nirmala Sitharaman meets former PM Manmohan Singh days ahead of her first Budget. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
  11. ↑ Half – Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Penguin Random House India Private Limited(27 June 2016). ISBN 978-93-86057-72-3
  12. ↑ The Man who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(2018). ISBN 978-0-19-069285-8
  13. ↑ Profile: Manmohan Singh. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)(11 March 2015).
  14. ↑ Manmohan Singh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. Press Trust of India(19 August 2019).
  15. ↑ Manmohan Singh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. Live Mint(9 August 2019).
  16. ↑ Manmohan Singh takes oath as RS MP for sixth time. Deccan Herald(23 August 2019).
  17. ↑ Manmohan Singh may not get Assam Rajya Sabha berth. The Asian Age(28 April 2019).
  18. ↑ Japan awards civilian honour to Manmohan Singh. Press Information Bureau.
  19. ↑ Japan Awards Lee Kuan Yew With Highest Honours For Foreign Leaders. MS News.
  20. ↑ Malaysia PM Mahathir receives one of Japan's highest awards for strengthening relations. CNA (news channel)(6 November 2018).
  21. ↑ Dr M conferred Japan's highest award. The Star Asia News Network(6 November 2018).
  22. ↑ Manmohan Singh receives Padma Vibhushan. Prime Minister's Office (India).
  23. ↑ The Hon'ble Dr. Manmohan Singh. Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.
  24. ↑ Previous Awardees. Ministry of Home Affairs.
  25. ↑ A Conversation with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Council on Foreign Relations.
  26. ↑ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred Honorary Doctorate by Russian institute(21 October 2013). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  27. ↑ Press Release on conferment of Appeal of Conscience Foundation Annual Statesman Award 2010. Embassy of India,Washington, DC.
  28. ↑ Manmohan conferred honorary doctorate by King Saud University(1 March 2010). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  29. ↑ Manmohan Singh becomes 'doctor'(15 March 2008). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  30. ↑ Madras University honours Manmohan, Sonia(6 September 2008). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  31. ↑ Manmohan to get his 17th D.Litt from JU. Early Times.
  32. ↑ Manmohan Singh, Bush among Time's most influential list. Time(10 April 2005).
  33. ↑ The 2005 TIME 100. Time.
  34. ↑ Golden Jubilee of AIMS Commence. Press Information Bureau.
  35. ↑ Outstanding Parliamentarian Award. Indian Parliamentary Group.
  36. ↑ Dr. Manmohan Singh – Academic Record. Visva Bharati.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 A look at India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's impressive resume. DNA(14 May 2014).
  38. ↑ Dr. Manmohan Singh. National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
  39. ↑ Lokmanya Tilak Awarad. Jagran Josh.
  40. ↑ Sulabh founder honoured with Japan's Nikkei Asia Prize. Press Trust of India(13 June 2018).
  41. ↑ Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India. csir.res.in.
  42. ↑ Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India Personal Profile. PMO India.
  43. ↑ One of the more non-political faces of Indian politics, Dr Manmohan Singh is best known as the "liberator" of Indian economy.. Hindustan Times(22 July 2004).
  44. ↑ Manmohan Singh – Honorary Fellow. Nuffield College.
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Dr Manmohan Singh. LSE Asia Research Centre.
  46. ↑ Sometimes Nice Guys Finish First. Outlook (Indian magazine)(19 May 2004).
  47. ↑ Previous Finance Minister of the Year award recipients. Euromoney.
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Manmohan S Dream India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Deep & Deep Publications(2005). ISBN 978-81-7629-631-1
  49. ↑ Prof. Manmohan Singh. Vepachedu Educational Foundation.
  50. ↑ Former Presidents of IEA include former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Vellore Institute of Technology.
  51. ↑ Manmohan at PU: 5 minutes bring back memories of 50 years ago(12 April 2018). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  52. ↑ The Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarship. St John's College, University of Cambridge.
  53. ↑ About The Author. Ministry of External Affairs.
  54. ↑ School of protest revives professor in PM. The Telegraph (Kolkata)(5 November 2014).
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Manmohan Singh: Visionary to Certainty{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. APH Publishing(2004). ISBN 978-81-7648-694-1
  56. ↑ The three at the centre of attention. Mint(21 July 2008).
  57. ↑ Oxford University Press to publish Manmohan Singh's collective works. The Financial Express (India)(28 November 2017).
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