NEW Series...FACT BOX ( Montek Singh Ahluwalia)

Apologies for missing the track since very long...

But i am back and going to start a new series. the new series will give you the brief profile of great corporate honchos or policy makers or any person who is the leader in its own way and is inspiring personality for all and sundry in one way or another.

In the inaugaral post here goes the profile of Montek sigh Ahluwalia...

Vital statistics
Married with two childrenEducation
Graduated with BA in economics in 1963 from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi
Received MA and MPhil in economics in 1968 from University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes scholar
Career highlights
Government of India
Deputy chairman of planning commission (2004–present)
Member of planning commission (1998–2001)
International Monetary Fund
Director, Independent Evaluation Office (2001–04)
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, India
Finance secretary (1993–98)
Secretary, economic affairs (1991–93)
Commerce secretary (1990–91)
World Bank
Various roles, including chief of Income Distribution Division, Development Research Centre; deputy division chief, Public Finance Division (1968–79)
Fast facts
Author of a number of publications on economics, including Reforming the Global Financial Architecture, published by Commonwealth Secretariat in 2000; coauthor of Redistribution with Growth: An Approach to Policy, published by Oxford University Press in 1974