Sucha Singh Gill

Sucha Singh Gill is an Indian economist of Punjabi origins. His areas of expertise include Development Economics, International Economics and Economy of Punjab.

Biography

Sucha Singh Gill was born on June 10, 1949, in a village Babri Jiwanwal of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. His early childhood and education was in rural village. By the time he was 19 years old, he finished his bachelor's degree. With his teachers advice, he went to Chandigarh to do his MA. Gill completed his M.A. in 1971 in Economics and started teaching immediately. He joined in MLN College Yamunanagar August, 1971 and shifted to Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla in March 1972. He joined Punjabi university, Patiala in August, 1972. In 1980 he went to earn his Ph.D. degree on "Indo-Soviet Economic relations since 1953" from Punjabi University, Patiala. He later went on to become a Professor and Head of department in the Department of Economics at Punjabi University, Patiala. He is a member of Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development.

Books

Political Economy of Indo-Soviet Relations, Rajesh Publications, New Delhi, 1983.
Resource Mobilization and Economic Development, Guru [Nanak Dev University], Amritsar, 1988.
Economic development and structural change in Punjab: some policy issues, Iqbal Singh Memorial Trust, Ludhiana, 1994.
India's North-East and Asiatic South-East: Beyond Borders CRRID,Chandigarh,2015.
Indian Perspective of Relations With South and Central Asia CRRID Publications, Chandigarh, 2017.
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Career

Positions held at Punjabi University, Patiala

i) Head, Department of Economics.
ii) Dean, Social Sciences.
iii) Dean, Academic Affairs.
iv) Dean, Research.
v) Programme Co-Ordinator, Centre for South West Asia.

Positions held at other places

i) Professor & Head, Punjab School of Economics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
ii) Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
iii) Member, Punjab State Planning Board.
iv) Member, Punjab and Haryana Committee on Impact of WTO on Agriculture and Industry.
v) Vice-president, Indian Association of Social Science Institute, New Delhi.
vi) Vice-president Indian Society of Labor Economics.
vii) Conference President of Indian Society of Labor Economics, Annual Conference held at Department of Economics, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
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Viii) Member, Working Group for the 70th Round of NSS, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
IX) Member, Board of Governors, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi.
X) Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow.
XI) Member, Governing Body, Bhai Vir Singh Sadan, New Delhi.
XII) Member, Revenue Commission, Government of Punjab, Since February 2018.
XIII) Member, Border and Kandi Area Development Board, Government of Punjab, Since June 2019.