Khin Maung Kyi

Khin Maung Kyi
Native name ခင်မောင်ကြည်
Born (1926-09-10)10 September 1926[1]
Pyinmana, British Burma
Died 6 September 2013(2013-09-06) (aged 86)
Singapore
Nationality Burmese
Alma mater University of Rangoon
Harvard University
Cornell University
Occupation Economist

Khin Maung Kyi (Burmese: ခင်မောင်ကြည်; 10 September 1926 – 6 September 2013) was a prominent Burmese economist and scholar. He also served as a government consultant to several of Burma's ministries.[2]

Early life and education

Khin Maung Kyi was born in Phyu, a small town in central Burma.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in commerce at the University of Rangoon.[2] Thereafter, he received a scholarship to attend Harvard University, where he earned a master's degree in business administration.[2] He went onto earn a Doctorate degree in management at Cornell University.[2]

Career

From 1954 to 1978, he worked as a lecturer and professor at the University of Rangoon’s Institute of Economics.[2] In 1978, Khin Maung Kyi left the country.[2] He accepted a teaching post in Malaysia to teach as a professor of agribusiness at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.[2] He later became an Associate professor in the School of Management(National University of Singapore) in 1979 a position he held until 1988. In 1983, he founded the Asia Pacific Journal of Management, which became the National University of Singapore's School of Management's (now NUS Business School) flagship journal.[2][3] From 1983 to September 1988, he served as the journal's first Editor-in-Chief.[4][5] In 1991, he became a senior fellow at National University of Singapore’s Department of Business Policy.[2]

Death

Khin Maung Kyi, died on 6 September 2013, four days before his 87th birthday. Although he suffered from various illnesses in his remaining years, his cause of death was attributed to complications from a lung infection. He is survived by his wife and four children.[2]

Notable works

References

  1. ↑ "MR KHIN MAUNG KYI". Heaven Address. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kyaw Phyo Tha (6 September 2013). "Burmese Economist Khin Maung Kyi Dies". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Lim Kian Guan (25 May 2007). "The Asia Pacific Journal of Management between 1992 and 1995". Asia Pacific Journal of Management 24 (4).
  4. ↑ Peng, Mike W. (22 August 2008). "APJM IS NOW INCLUDED IN SSCI" (PDF). ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Khin Maung Kyi (3 May 1988). "APJM and Comparative Management in Asia" (PDF). Asia Pacific Journal of Management 5 (3): 207–224. doi:10.1007/bf01733155. ISSN 0217-4561.
  6. ↑ "Economic Development of Burma: A Vision and A Strategy". National University of Singapore. 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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