Facts: - prime minister: manmohan singh - spouse: isher judge ahluwalia - predecessor: k.c. pant - office: deputy chairman of the planning commission - term end: 26 may 2014 - term start: 6 july 2004 - birth date: 24 november 1943 - name: montek singh ahluwalia - image size: 200px - image: montekahuwalia.jpg - birth place: new delhi british india - religion: sikhism - alma mater: university oxford -lrb- m.a. -rrb- & st. antony 's college , of oxford -lrb- m.phil . -rrb- delhi -lrb- b.a. -rrb- magdalen college , - occupation: economist civil servant Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of montek singh ahluwalia .
montek singh ahluwalia -lrb- born 24 november 1943 -rrb- is an indian economist and civil servant who was the deputy chairman of the planning commission of the republic of india , a position which carries the rank of a cabinet minister .he tendered his resignation for this post in may 2014 following the impending end of the upaii regime at the center .he was previously the first director of the independent evaluation office at the international monetary fund .