N. K. Singh

N. K. Singh
Singh at the World Economic Forum's Annual Economic Summit 2011
Born	27 January 1941 (1941-01-27) (age 70) Calcutta, India
Occupation	Member of Parliament,Economist,Civil Servant,Lobbyist

Nand Kishore Singh (N. K. Singh) (born 27 January 1941) is a former IAS officer and currently the Member Of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.^[1] He belongs to the 1964 Bihar cadre.^[2]

Early life

N. K. Singh is from a well connected family. He was born in Calcutta to Sir T P Singh (ICS), who served as country's finance secretary and his mother has been a former parliamentarian. He did his Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. His family is well connected - his sisters Krishna, Radha, Shyama have been IAS officers.His brother in law is the current ^[3]Governor Of Nagaland Nikhil Kumar. His younger brother Uday Singh is currently Member of Parliament from Purnia (Bihar).

Career

N. K. Singh taught Economics at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. He entered IAS in 1964.

He has been a senior bureaucrat and handled assignments of Finance Secretary, Member Planning Commission and Principal Secretary to PM. He is known for his international connections and social networking with business men such as Sunil Mittal, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani and L N Mittal.

He is the former Chairman, Board of Governors of Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon.

Nira Radia Tapes Controversy

In 2010, N K Singh was heard in the Nira Radia Tapes, trying to push parliamentary debate to give retroactive tax rebates to Reliance Industries by manipulating the order of speakers (relegating the speakers critical of the retroactive tax rebates) and arranging meeting of Reliance staffers/lobbyists with the new lead speakers.^[4][5] He defended his conduct and said that Reliance advocacy was for national ‘energy security'. ^[6]

N K Singh's Interviews

• Talk Back with N K Singh
• N K Singh speaks at the Davos Debates 2010
• N K Singh on poll verdict
• NK Singh's opinion on Bihar's political situation

References

1. ^ http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/flyingbs-nitish-kumar/357074/
2. ^ http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/nkbody.htm
3. ^ HT. "ex Delhi Police Chief Nikhil Kumar appointed Governor". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/newdelhi/EX-Delhi-Top-Cop-to-take-over-as-Nagaland-Governor/Article1-461254.aspx. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
4. ^ "Radia Tapes… Corporate- Bureaucrat-politician nexus— The N.K.Singh Connection". 25 Nov 2010. http://indiasreport.com/magazine/data/radia-tapes-corporate-bureaucrat-politician-nexus-the-n-k-singh-connection/. 
5. ^ "ibnlive.in.com". http://ibnlive.in.com/news/arun-shourie-confirms-nira-radia-tape-leak/136006-37-64.html. 
6. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article922360.ece Reliance advocacy was for national ‘energy security': N.K. Singh November 30, 2010

External links

• Official site
• N K Singh-India's supercrat:Prabhu Chawla
• A K Rai takes over N K Singh as the new Chairman of MDI Gurgaon

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Name	Singh, N. K.
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Date of birth	27 January 1941
Place of birth	Calcutta, India
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