A leading Indian-origin Cambridge economist has accepted the ‘Dr Manmohan Singh Chair’ named after the Prime Minister at Punjab University in Chandigarh.
Professor Ajit Singh studied at Punjab University but has spent all his academic life teaching and researching at Cambridge since 1964. Launched in 2009, the ‘Dr Manmohan Singh Chair’ is based at the Department of Economics in Punjab University.
After teaching at Cambridge since 1964, Prof Ajit Singh retired in 2007, and continues his research as an Emeritus Professor of Economics and a Life Fellow of Queen’s College, Cambridge. Prof Ajit Singh’s current research is concerned with the rise of India and China and their economic interactions with advanced and emerging countries.
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