By Prajith Nakarnimana/India Syndicate, 22/06/2010
If education is the criteria, we Indians have the best leader in the world. Of the rulers of nine countries listed here, Dr Manmohan Singh is the most educated. And we doubt if there is any top leader who has more credentials than our very own Singh.
President Nicolas Sarkozy, France
Sarkozy failed his sixth grade! He was then sent to a private Catholic school, where he was reportedly a mediocre student. He graduated in Private Law from the Université Paris X Nanterre and later did a DEA degree in Business Law. He again failed, when he joined the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris because of his lack of command over English. He was, however, a good lawyer specialising in business and family law.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran
Ahmadinejad ranked 132nd out of 4 lakh students in the 1976 entrance examination, and enrolled in the Iran University of Science and Technology to study civil engineering. He took his PhD (1997) in transportation engineering and planning from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran.
If education is the criteria, we Indians have the best leader in the world. Of the rulers of nine countries listed here, Dr Manmohan Singh is the most educated. And we doubt if there is any top leader who has more credentials than our very own Singh.
President Nicolas Sarkozy, France
Sarkozy failed his sixth grade! He was then sent to a private Catholic school, where he was reportedly a mediocre student. He graduated in Private Law from the Université Paris X Nanterre and later did a DEA degree in Business Law. He again failed, when he joined the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris because of his lack of command over English. He was, however, a good lawyer specialising in business and family law.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran
Ahmadinejad ranked 132nd out of 4 lakh students in the 1976 entrance examination, and enrolled in the Iran University of Science and Technology to study civil engineering. He took his PhD (1997) in transportation engineering and planning from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy
After his secondary school at Salesian college, Berlusconi studied law at the Università Statale in Milan. Graduating in 1961, his thesis was on the legal aspects of advertising. A bass player, he wrote football club AC Milan's anthem later.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia
Putin was more a sportsman than a student. He took to Sambo and Judo in sixth grade, and they have kept him in good shape even at age 58. Putin is a graduate in International Law from the Leningrad State University.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka
Rajapaksa attended Richmond College, Nalanda College Colombo, Thurstan College and Sri Lanka Law College. He has done a few cameo roles in Sinhalese movies and had a stint as library assistant at Vidyodaya University. He took oaths as an attorney-at-law in November 1977, and has practiced except from 1994 to 2001 when he was a minister.
President Barack Obama, US
In 1979 Obama went to Occidental College, in 1981 he transferred to Columbia University where he majored in political science with a specialisation in international relations and graduated with a BA in 1983. In 1988 Obama went to Harvard Law School where he became editor of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1991. In the same year, he became a Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. He became a professor at University of Chicago Law School teaching constitutional law the next year.
President Hu Jintao, China
Hu was good at singing and dancing and excelled in school. He attended the prestigious Qinghua University in Beijing, where he studied hydroelectric engineering. He is said to have photographic memory. A fellow student, Liu Yongqing, later became Hu's wife.
President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela
Chávez enrolled at the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences when he was 17. After graduating in 1975 as a sub-lieutenant with a Military Arts and Science degree, Chávez served the military for several months. He then pursued political science at the Simón Bolívar University, but dropped out. He was good at baseball and softball and was part of the team in the Venezuelan National Baseball Championships in 1969. Chávez also writes poems and stories.
After his secondary school at Salesian college, Berlusconi studied law at the Università Statale in Milan. Graduating in 1961, his thesis was on the legal aspects of advertising. A bass player, he wrote football club AC Milan's anthem later.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia
Putin was more a sportsman than a student. He took to Sambo and Judo in sixth grade, and they have kept him in good shape even at age 58. Putin is a graduate in International Law from the Leningrad State University.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka
Rajapaksa attended Richmond College, Nalanda College Colombo, Thurstan College and Sri Lanka Law College. He has done a few cameo roles in Sinhalese movies and had a stint as library assistant at Vidyodaya University. He took oaths as an attorney-at-law in November 1977, and has practiced except from 1994 to 2001 when he was a minister.
President Barack Obama, US
In 1979 Obama went to Occidental College, in 1981 he transferred to Columbia University where he majored in political science with a specialisation in international relations and graduated with a BA in 1983. In 1988 Obama went to Harvard Law School where he became editor of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1991. In the same year, he became a Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. He became a professor at University of Chicago Law School teaching constitutional law the next year.
President Hu Jintao, China
Hu was good at singing and dancing and excelled in school. He attended the prestigious Qinghua University in Beijing, where he studied hydroelectric engineering. He is said to have photographic memory. A fellow student, Liu Yongqing, later became Hu's wife.
President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela
Chávez enrolled at the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences when he was 17. After graduating in 1975 as a sub-lieutenant with a Military Arts and Science degree, Chávez served the military for several months. He then pursued political science at the Simón Bolívar University, but dropped out. He was good at baseball and softball and was part of the team in the Venezuelan National Baseball Championships in 1969. Chávez also writes poems and stories.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, India
Singh stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1952; stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1954; won the Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge, 1955 and 1957; was a Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957; did DPhil from Oxford (PhD thesis was on India's export competitiveness) and was conferred DLitt (Honoris Causa).
Source: India Syndicate
K.Venugopal#1
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:49:16
Manmohan Singh is also probably the only world leader who plays second-fiddle to his party chief.
Singh stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1952; stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1954; won the Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge, 1955 and 1957; was a Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957; did DPhil from Oxford (PhD thesis was on India's export competitiveness) and was conferred DLitt (Honoris Causa).
Source: India Syndicate
K.Venugopal#1
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:49:16
Manmohan Singh is also probably the only world leader who plays second-fiddle to his party chief.
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