Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia - Sikhs The Supreme

A Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, an eminent economist of the world level and a man of very high professional competence, Dr. M.S. Ahluwalia, on June 16, 2004 has been appointed Deputy Chairperson of Planning Commission in the rank of a cabinet minister by Dr. Manmohan Singh. He was a key member of the original think tank and Finance Secretary of India between 1991-1996, when Dr. Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister of India ushered in economic reforms. Earlier, he adorned the posts of Joint Secretary in Rajiv Gandhi's PMO, Commerce Secretary, Special Secretary to the PM, Economic Advisor of Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Secretary. In April 2001, when he was a member of Yojna Bhavan and of the Economic Advisory Council to the P.M., he got an assignment in IMF as its FIRST Independent Evaluator. Prior to this also he fulfilled many assignments with the World Bank as an economist for 11 years from 1968 to 1979 and returned to India in 1979 as Financial Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.

When he was Joint Secretary in the PMO, handling economic affairs during Rajiv Gandhi's regime, the seeds of economic reforms were actually sown at that time. Like Dr. Manmohan Singh, Dr. Ahluwalia an economic wizard is also among the few examples who rose to the top position in the bureaucratic hierarchy even though he does not belong to IAS cadre. His field has been economics and he has made a mark as an economist not only in India but in the whole world. His achievements in the field of economics were also recognized by the Khalsa Panth and he was decorated with the order of Nishan-e-Khalsa on the occasion of tri-centenary celebrations.

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