List of awards and honours received by Manmohan Singh

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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.

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State honours[edit]

Year Ribbon Award State Ref(s)
2014 JPN Toka-sho BAR.svg Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers Japan [18][19][20][21]
1987 IND Padma Vibhushan BAR.png Padma Vibhushan India [22][23][24][25]

Other awards[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ↑ "Detailed Profile: Dr. Manmohan 77777Singh". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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  4. ↑ "Rao Ministry". indiancabinet. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Singh, Hemant (22 May 2020). "Manmohan Singh: Biography, Political career, Books and Education". Dainik Jagran. Jagran Prakashan Limited. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  6. ↑ B. Turner (27 December 2016). The Statesman's Yearbook 2015: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 606. ISBN 978-1-349-67278-3. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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  8. ↑ "The Indian Economy Since Independence" (PDF). Florida Atlantic University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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  11. ↑ Vinay Sitapati (27 June 2016). Half – Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. p. 108. ISBN 978-93-86057-72-3. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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  26. ↑ "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred Honorary Doctorate by Russian institute". The Economic Times. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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  28. ↑ "Manmohan conferred honorary doctorate by King Saud University". The Hindu. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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  39. ↑ Pandit, Srimoyee. "Lokmanya Tilak Awarad". Jagran Josh. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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