Subramanian Swamy

Dr. Subramanian Swamy (b. 15 September, 1939 at Chennai, sometimes spelt as Subramaniam Swamy) is a politician from India. He is also a trained economist.

Association with Harvard

Following time at the Indian Statistical Institute, he was awarded a doctorate by Harvard University in 1965 aged 26. Two of his advisors at the time were Simon Kuznets and Paul A. Samuelson [Boumans 167] For a time, while completing his dissertation in 1963, he worked in the Economics cell of the UN Secretariat. He subsequently worked as a resident tutor at Lowell House, and as an assistant professor for the Harvard Economics department. Subsequently he has been a regular lecturer at the Harvard Summer School. He is accounted by some to be an authority on the comparative study of India and China [ [http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/23/stories/2008012360151400.htm Prospects for India-U.S. relations better: Swamy] The Hindu - January 23, 2008] and is also well-versed in the Mandarin Chinese (Hanyu) language [ [http://www.kamakotidevotees.org/london/dr-swamy.html About Dr. Subramanian Swamy] ]

Association with IITs

He was Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi from 1969. He was removed from the position by its board of Governors in the early 1970s but was legally reinstated in the late 1980s by the Supreme Court of India. He continued in the position till 1991 when he resigned to become a cabinet minister. He served on the Board of Governors of the IIT, Delhi (1977-80), and on the Council of IITs (1980-82).

Political career

He has enjoyed a strange maverick relationship with J. Jayalalithaa.He was first to bring out Jayalalitha's corruption in spite of being her close friend.This led to his close aide Chandralekha being attacked by J. Jayalalithaa's gundas with acid.It even went to the level of women party members of AIADMK turning up a nude show in front of Swamy. But after all this Subramanian Swamy is J Jayalalitha's close friend and he is helping her face corruption cases filed against her.

He is staunch Hindutva politician.He First came into spotlight for protesting against the emergency imposed in 1975. He was one of the founding members of the Janata Party and is its president since 1990. He was elected member of parliament 5 times between 1974 and 1999.

He is known for his efforts in normalizing relations with China and Israel. In 1981, he persuaded Deng Xiaoping to open the Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet to Hindu pilgrims from India [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep27/spotlite.htm Pilgrims' route] The Tribune - September 26, 1998] . In 1990-1991, he was a minister in the Chandra Shekhar cabinet and was in charge of the ministries of Commerce and Law and Justice.

He was also a member of the Planning Commission between 1990 and 1991. Between 1994 and 1996, he held the position of "Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade" (equivalent to the rank of a cabinet minister) under the P. V. Narasimha Rao government. Dr. Swamy has been subject to several defamation cases. He is known to argue these cases himself without the agency of lawyers.

He was perceived as instrumental in bringing the disproportionate assets case of J. Jayalalithaa into public notice in the 1990s but by 1997, he had become her political adviser and was instrumental in convincing her to withdraw support from the Vajpayee Government in 1999. The alliance with Jayalalithaa ended after she lost the General Elections held in the same year. In October 2004, he along with other members of the erstwhile Janata Party established the Rashtriya Swabhiman Manch to oppose the policies of the ruling UPA.

He is instrumental in fighting for the cause of preventing the destruction of Rama Sethu bridge. He moved the Supreme Court of India and successfully got a stay for the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project at the final hours on August 31st,2007. The case is under hearing before SC currently. Once he was equated as par with top notch politicans in India, however his reputation declined as he became someone known to bring disrepute to his friends.

tance against the LTTE

He is noted for his consistent stance against the LTTE which is proscribed as a terrorist organization by 31 countries (see list) commenting, cquote|LTTE is a terrorist organization which moreover killed Rajiv Gandhi and has spewed poison online about India [ [http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=10153 Subramanian Swamy on LTTE, Defence Agreement and the right to station Indian Troops in non-Tamil areas in Sri Lanka] Asian Tribune - June 28, 2004] , cquote|LTTE is a part of the Sri Lankan problem, and can never be a part of the solution", [ [http://news.nidahasa.com/news.php?go=fullnews&newsid=348 India will Never Support Eelam; Dr Subramanian Swamy Says] Nidahasa News - October 8, 2007] His stance against the LTTE has had five succesive indian governments place him in the Z category of indian security, with security cover of at least 22 personnel because of the high LTTE threat to his life [ [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls12/ses2/0405089808.htm Transcripts] - Parliament of India]

Books

*Economic Growth in China and India, 1989
*Hindus Under Siege. (2006)

Notes

References

*cite book |last= Boumans |first= Marcel |title= How Economists Model the World Into Numbers |publisher= Routledge |year= 2005 |isbn=0415346215

External links

Subramaniam Swamis views on the influence of Hinduism - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQhDXwZztSU
* [http://www.janataparty.com/Leaders/Swamy/SSwamy.htm Subramaniam Swamy in Janata Party's website]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092103551000.htm An article by Dr. Subramanian Swamy on how to face defamation litigation]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060104/nation.htm#16 Subramaniam Swamy fined Rs. 5 lakhs by the Delhi High Court for making libellous allegations against Jayalalitha Jayaram]
* [http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=159&page=31 Basic Islam for Hindu Dhimmis] - Subramanian Swamy