The first Prime Minister of India was Jawaharlal Nehru (served 1947-1964). Nehru studied natural sciences at Trinity College Cambridge, finishing second in the Tripos, and undertook legal studies at Inner Temple in 1910. Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India.
Dr Manmohan Singh is the 14th Prime Minister of India, and the first Sikh to hold the office. He was born in Gah, in Punjab. He is a trained economist and was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1982 to 1985. He studied Economics at St John's College Cambridge and completed a DPhil at Oxford then worked for United Nations (Trade and Development).
St John's have named a PhD scholarship after him called the Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarship.
Dr Manmohan Singh is the 14th Prime Minister of India, and the first Sikh to hold the office. He was born in Gah, in Punjab. He is a trained economist and was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1982 to 1985. He studied Economics at St John's College Cambridge and completed a DPhil at Oxford then worked for United Nations (Trade and Development).
St John's have named a PhD scholarship after him called the Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarship.
