Khin Maung Kyi | |
|---|---|
| ခင်မောင်ကြည် | |
| Born | (1926-09-10)10 September 1926[1] |
| Died | 6 September 2013(2013-09-06) (aged 86) Singapore |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Economist |
Khin Maung Kyi (Burmese:ခင်မောင်ကြည်; 10 September 1926 – 6 September 2013) was a Burmese economist and scholar. He also served as a government consultant to several of Burma's ministries.[2]
Khin Maung Kyi was born inPhyu, a small town in central Burma.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in commerce at theUniversity of Rangoon.[2] Thereafter, he received a scholarship to attendHarvard University, where he earned a master's degree in business administration.[2] He went on to earn a doctorate in management at Cornell University.[2]
From 1954 to 1978, he worked as a lecturer and professor at theUniversity 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 atUniversiti 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 theAsia Pacific Journal of Management, which became theNational University of Singapore'sSchool of Management's (now NUS Business School) flagship journal.[2][3] From 1983 to September 1988, he served as the journal's firsteditor-in-chief.[4][5] In 1991, he became a senior fellow at National University of Singapore's Department of Business Policy.[2]
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. His wife and four children survived him.[2]