Dr. Prem Singh Mann was born on November 20, 1947 in Punjab, India. He migrated to the United States in 1980. Professor Prem did his BS from Punjab University, Chandigarh, India in 1968. He did his Master of Arts in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh, India in 1970. He did another Master of Arts in Economics from the Manchester University, England in 1977. He earned his PhD in Philosophy in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, 1988.