Montek Singh Ahluwalia | |
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Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission | |
In office 6 July 2004 – 26 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | K.C. Pant |
Succeeded by | Post abolished Arvind Panagariya as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog |
Personal details | |
Born | Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, British India (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan) | 24 November 1943
Spouse | Isher Judge Ahluwalia (until her death in 2020) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Delhi (B.A.) University of Oxford (M.A., M.Phil.) |
Profession | Economist Civil servant |
Montek Singh Ahluwalia (born 24 November 1943) is an Indian economist and civil servant who was the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India, a position which carried the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He resigned from this post in May 2014 following the impending end of the UPA II regime at the center.[1] He was previously the first director of the Independent Evaluation Office at the International Monetary Fund.[2]