Montek Singh Ahluwalia
| Montek Singh Ahluwalia | |
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| Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission | |
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In office 6 July 2004 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | K.C. Pant |
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| Born |
24 November 1943 New Delhi British India |
| Spouse(s) | Isher Judge Ahluwalia |
| Alma mater |
University of Delhi (B.A.) Magdalen College, Oxford (M.A.) & St. Antony's College, Oxford (M.Phil.) |
| Occupation |
Economist Civil servant |
| Religion | Sikhism |
Montek Singh Ahluwalia (born 24 November 1943) is an Indian economist and civil servant who was the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, a position which carries the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He tendered his resignation for this post in May 2014 following the impending end of the UPAII regime at the center. He was previously the first Director of the Independent Evaluation Office at the International Monetary Fund.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia was born in New Delhi in 1943. He studied at St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad and Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. He graduated with a B.A. (Hons) degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, University of Delhi. He was a Rhodes scholar at the University of Oxford where he studied at Magdalen College, as a graduate obtaining an MA in Philosophy Politics and Economics. He then read for an M.Phil at St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford. While at Oxford, he was the president of the prestigious Oxford Union. He has received several honorary degrees, including an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford and an honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He is an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College.
After graduating from University of Oxford, Ahluwalia joined the World Bank in 1968. At the age of 28, he became the youngest "Division Chief" in the World Bank's bureaucracy, in charge of the Income Distribution Division in the World Bank's Development Research Centre.
He returned to India in 1979 to take up the position of Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance. He held several senior positions as a civil servant, including Special Secretary to the Prime Minister, Commerce secretary, Secretary Department of Economic Affairs in the Finance Ministry and Finance Secretary. In 1998 he was appointed Member of the Planning Commission.
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