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Amartya Sen

1933 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship:  India
languages spoken, written or signed:  English, Bangla
educated at:  University of Calcutta, Trinity College, Visva-Bharati University, University of Cambridge, Patha Bhavana, St Gregory's School
occupation:  economist, university teacher, philosopher, writer, sociologist
award received:  Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, National Humanities Medal, Bharat Ratna, Adam Smith Prize, Global Economy Prize, Catalonia International Prize, Meister Eckhart Prize, Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of the University of Padua, Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Bangla Academy Fellowship, Fellow of the British Academy, honorary doctor of the University of Valencia, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bodley Medal, honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Albert O. Hirschman Prize, honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta, honorary doctor of Waseda University, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Paris, Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Grotius Lectures
student of:  Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Joan Robinson

Amartya Kumar Sen (Bengali: [ˈɔmortːo ˈʃen]; born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and measures of well-being of countries. He is currently a Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He formerly served as Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 and India's highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna the following year for his contribution to welfare economics. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association awarded him the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his pioneering scholarship addressing issues of global justice and combating social inequality in education and healthcare. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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