Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
In office
6 July 2004 – 26 May 2014
Preceded byK.C. Pant
Succeeded byPost abolished
Arvind Panagariya as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
Personal details
Born (1943-11-24) 24 November 1943 (age 81)
Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, British India (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan)
SpouseIsher Judge Ahluwalia (until her death in 2020)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (B.A.)
University of Oxford (M.A., M.Phil.)
ProfessionEconomist
Civil servant
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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]

  1. ^ "Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Resigns". NDTV. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Planning Commission". Government of India. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.