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Chief Executive of India

Title: Prime Minister
Name: Dr Manmohan Singh

EDUCATION /Qualification:
1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh ,
1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University , Chandigarh,
1954; Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College,Cambridge,
1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge ,
1957; DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India's export competitiveness

Working Experience [Teaching]
Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59;
Reader, Economics, 1959-63;
Professor, Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65;
Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,Universit y of Delhi , 1969-71;
Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi,1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University ofDelhi,1996 and Civil Servant

Working Experience [INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS]:
1966: Economic Affairs Officer
1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section,UNCTAD
1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform
1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings
1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting
1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting
1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993:Human Rights World Conference, Vienna


Working Experience [Government Positions]:
1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade
1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance
1976-80: - Director, Reserve Bank of India; Director, Industrial Development Bank of India;
- Alternate governor for India , Board of governors , Asian Development Bank;
- Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD
- November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Department of economic affairs);
- Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission ; Member,finance, Space Commission
April 1980 - September 15, 1982: Member-secretary, Planning Commission
1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee
September 16, 1982 - January 14 , 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India.
1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors, International Monetary Fund
1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister
1985: President, Indian Economic Association
January 15 , 1985 - July 31, 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
August 1, 1987 - November 10, 1990: Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva
December 10 , 1990 - March 14, 1991: Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs
March 15, 1991 - June 20, 1991: Chairman, UGC
June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996: Union finance minister
October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket
June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance
August 1, 1996 - December 4 , 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce
March 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
June 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance
August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules
Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member,
executive committee, Indian parliamentary group
June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
Aug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee
2004: Prime Minister of India

BOOKS:
India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -Clarendon Press, Oxford University , 1964;
also published a large number of articles in various economic journals .

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Adam Smith Prize , University of Cambridge, 1956
Padma Vibhushan , 1987
Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;
Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia , 1993 and 1994





Chief Executive of Pakistan

Title: President of Pakistan
Name: Asif Ali Zardari

EDUCATION /Qualification:
High School from Cadet College Petaro
Details of higher formal education not known; Claims graduation from London but not available to be verified. As per some account. His official biography says he attended a commercial college called Pedinton School . But a search of tertiary educational institutions in London showed no such school.


Working Experience:
Early days: Working at the family owned Bambino Cinema at Karachi . Some accuse Mr Zardari of small-time ticket frauds to steal money from the family business.
Up till 1987 (marriage to the future Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto): No record.
1988 to date: While no official record of any business exists, Mr Zardari is widely believed to be one of the (if not the) richest man in Pakistan . An unofficial list of family owned businesses, property and accounts exists but the completeness of the same cannot be verified. Mr Zardari has however been involved in various national and international cases relating to his businesses. The most significant European cases are a Swiss money-laundering inquiry and a British civil cases.

Working Experience [Politics]:
1988-1990: Husband of the Prime Minister
1993–1996: Minister of Environment during his wife's second term as the Prime Minister
Un till 1999: Senator
30 December 2007: Appointed himself as the co-chairman of the PPP, along with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
September 9, 2008: Zardari was elected president of Pakistan . Sworn in by Abdul Hameed Dogar, whose position as the Chiefe Justice of Pakistan remains a contested issue by an overwhelming majority of the Pakistani legal fraternity.

Working Experience [Other]:
Other experience of Mr Zardari includes his widely believed but not proven involvement in
- Several murders - most famously of his brother in law, possibly his wife
- Wrapping a bomb to the leg of a famous UK businessman to ask for money
- Embezzlement & looting of Billions of Pakistan's wealth











BOOKS:
None on record

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Marrying the then future and now ex (RIP) Prime Minister of Pakistan
Only serving politician to have spent 10 years in Jail
Told the US VP Candidate that she is "gorgeous" and said : "Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you". When the photographers asked the two to keep shaking hands, he replied : " If he insists, I might hug you". This was one day after the President delivered an emotional speech at the UN in new York waiving a photograph of his deceased wife only months after the murder of his wife.

kakaballi

Hence proven that degrees won't matter in your personal financial success.

CM

Whats with the inferiority complex? Why are you Indians always comparing yourselves with Pakistan. You are like the ****ed up girlfriend we broke up with but always calls us to say how much better off she is. Like we give a rats ass.

Punjabee in USA

Is the OP an Indian ?

BanTaleban

shouldn't the comparison be between zardai & Mrs.Patil as presidents and between Dr.Singh and Mr.Ghilani as PMs?

Arleitter

Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha.........

Arleitter

Education degrees do not matter.

Mr.Hitler had not had so many achievenemts in his educational arena or later in his career arena but he is one of the greatest leaders who inspired masses.

Punjabee in USA

No, because Zardari & Man Mohan Singh are both elected leaders, whereas Patil & Gilani are appointed ones

Truth_Surfer

Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to introduce to you our new expert on "Politics of Pakistan" Mr. Punjabi in USA....cheers

Along with deep political insight into the region, Mr. P in USA can successfully google, spell and pronounce Pakistan correctly...cheers

Thank you Thank you Thank you....

Punjabee in USA

And your point is ....................???

Prince_of_Lahore

That would have been incredible funny but for the fave that Mr. Zardari carries the burden of aspiration of millions of Pakistanis on his shoulders.

Anyways, degrees really don't count as qualifications for the top post. The things that matter are insight, ability to connect with the masses and steadfast commitment to the people of the country.

BanTaleban

I don't think Zardari was elected, was he?

Also technically the President of India is nominated but voted in by an electoral college. It is by law, possible to have a contested election but it has been a time honored practice to keep it unanimous.

But more importantly, if you are comparing qualificationsto be in power, it matters less how they acquired that power....just mu opinion.

But the objective the thread is achieved I thonk in that it is shocking to see how accomplished Mr.Singh is

Punjabee in USA

PPP was elected to power and Zardari was the leader of PPP. He chose to become president instead of PM, but has more powers than PM. Similarly Congress was elected to power and Man Mohan had been declared as the leader of the Congress led govt even before the polls. He is more powerful than Patil.

Gilani was appointed by Zardari and Patil by Sonia/Man Mohan/Congress We all know how electoral college works Both Zardari & Man Mohan hold more power in their respective countries than Patil/Gilani.

But I agree with you that the objective of the thread has been achieved. Man Mohan Singh definitely has better educational credentials. I dont think the result would be any different even if he was compared to Gilani

BanTaleban

^ put that way, I think you're right

Lost souls

What's the big deal about it....? Everyone knows how educated Mr. Singh is. But that's just it.No tactical acumen,always sidelined and what else not?

BanTaleban

It is a big deal, a very big deal that a well qualified and accomplished person is heading up a country. It not all that common - not just India or Pakistan but much of the world.

Well qualified people normally don't come to politics - why should they wish upon themselves and their families all that stress!

queer

manmohan singh is more the exception than the norm for an indian leader. we have had uneducated dynasty rulers like indira gandhi and rajiv gandhi, and would probably get someone similar in another four years time.

BanTaleban

I was actually looking forward to get sombody like Lalu Yadav as PM of India. We'd at least get great youtube videos

Khehkeshan

Resume's usually are not the best comparison point for who is a good or bad leader.

diwana

Nope. Zardari is not an 'elected president' of Pakistani people. He was selected.

Get your facts straight. Read who voted for him to be the 'president'.



On the original post we have had a thread on it before.


I had said the 'Perhaps it takes so much under the belt for a Sikh to become a PM of India and prove his abilities.....(as opposed to a hindu to become a PM of India)

The comparison however is not fair at all.

A selected president versus an elected PM.

Education background as others have pointed out has nothing to do with political skills.

Its a gimmick to say the least.

How many times we are going to drum up the same old stuff?

It seems OP has just received this in mass e-mail floating around for months.