Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
In office
6 July 2004  26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byK.C. Pant
Succeeded byPost abolished
Arvind Panagariya as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
Personal details
Born (1943-11-24) 24 November 1943
Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, British India (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan)
SpouseIsher Judge Ahluwalia (until her death in 2020)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (B.A.)
University of Oxford (M.A., M.Phil.)
ProfessionEconomist
Civil servant

Montek Singh Ahluwalia (born 24 November 1943) is an Indian economist and civil servant who was the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India, a position which carried the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He resigned from this post in May 2014 following the impending end of the UPA II regime at the center. He was previously the first director of the Independent Evaluation Office at the International Monetary Fund.