Dr.Subramanian Swamy

Name                : Dr. Subramanian Swamy
Designation       : President, Janata Party (1990 - Till date)
Address : Delhi  : AB/13 Mathura Road,
                          New Delhi - 110001
Tele                  : 3782692 / 3782430
Fax                   : 3782127

Madras              : 1, Papanasam Sivan Salai,
                          Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004,
                          Tamil Nadu.
Tele                  : 4983338
Fax                   : 4982886

Born                 : September 15, 1939 at Mylapore, Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Ancestral Home : Agraharam Street, Mullipallam Village,
                          Sholavandan Taluka,
                          Madurai District,
                          Tamil Nadu.
Education         : 1964 Ph.D. (Economics), Harvard University, USA (Thesis under Nobel Laureate Simon                           Kuznets, and jointly authored research with Nobel Laureate Paul A.Samuelson).

Speciality          : 1. Economic Theory:
                              Index Number Theory (jointly with Nobel Laureate Paul A. Samuelson).
                              (Paper published in American Economic Review, 1974, and Economic Journal, 1984).
2. Economic Development:
Books published : Economic Growth in China and India : 1952 - 70
                           University Of Chicago Press, 1973;
                           Economic Growth in China and India, 1870 -1985. (UBS, 1989).
                           Indian Economic Planning: An Alternative Approach (Vikas, 1971).
3. Nation Building & Politics
Books published : Building a New India : An Agenda for Renaissance (UBS,1992)
                           Kailask-Manasarover : (A journey, 1983);

Experience        :
1. Cabinet Minister for Commerce, Law & Justice (1990-91).
2. Chairman with Cabinet Minister rank Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade (1994 -     96).
3. Member of Parliment (1974 till date)
    Last elected in March 1998 from Madurai Constituency in Tamil Nadu State for a five year term.
4. Professor of Economics,
    Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1969 - 91)
5. Visiting Professor of Economics,
    Harvard University 1985 - 1986, 1973, 1971
6. Visiting Scholar in Economics,
    Harvard University 1980
7. Assistant / Associate Professor of Economics,
    Harvard University 1964 - 69.
8. Teaching Fellow,
    Harvard University, 1963 - 64.
9. Assistant Economic Affairs Officer,
    United Nations Secretariat, New York, 1963.