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'''Tarlok Singh''' (died 10 December 2005<ref name="IASSI">{{cite web|url=http://iassi.org/tarlok-singh-memorial-lecture-series.html|title=Tarlok Singh Memorial Lecture Series|publisher=Indian Association of Social Science Institutions|access-date=3 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916060011/http://iassi.org/tarlok-singh-memorial-lecture-series.html|archive-date=2010-09-16}}</ref>) was member of the [[Planning Commission of India]] and a civil servant.

Singh studied at [[London School of Economics]]. He served on the Planning Commission of India from its inception until his retirement in 1967. He was a member of the Indian Civil Service from 1937 to 1962. He wrote India's first five year plan.

Singh was also the first Private Secretary to [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]]. He was the Director General of Rehabilitation in the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] responsible for the resettlement of refugees <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhreview.org/pdf/january2006/pdf-files/tribute1.PDF|title=S. Tarlok Singh, ICS — An Obituary|last=Singh|first=Tarlochan|date=January 2006|publisher=Sikh Review|access-date=3 November 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and served as the [[UNICEF]] Deputy Executive Director (Planning) from 1970 to 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/about/history/index_leadership_deputy_exec_directors.html|title=Deputy Executive Directors|publisher=UNICEF|access-date=3 November 2012}}</ref>

He was the first Chairman of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (who sponsor an annual memorial lecture in his name<ref name="IASSI"/>) and was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2000),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php?start=100|title=Padma Vibhushan Awardees|publisher=Government of India|access-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1962)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=1010|title=Padma Bhushan Awardees|publisher=Government of India|access-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> and the [[Padma Shri]] in 1954 by the [[President of India]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>

Singh was also awarded the [[Soderstrom Medal for Economics]] in 1970 by the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Science]] in [[Stockholm]].

His books included ''Poverty and Social Change'', ''Land Resettlement Manual for Displaced Persons'', ''The Planning Process'', ''Towards an Integrated Society'', and ''India's Development Experience''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~kailasan/articles/padma_shri.htm]

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