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Amartya Sen

अमर्त्य सेन

Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972.

BORN

3 November 1933

HONOUR

Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1998

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Key facts

Born
3 November 1933, Santiniketan
State of birth
Santiniketan, West Bengal
Sector
Banking & finance
Profession
Indian economist and philosopher (1933-)
Gender
Male

Biography

Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics. He has also made major contributions to social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and the measures of well-being of countries.

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Timeline

  1. 1933Born in Santiniketan
  2. 1954Awarded the Adam Smith Prize
  3. 1968Awarded the Fellow of the Econometric Society
  4. 1987Awarded the honorary doctor of Caen University
  5. 1994Awarded the honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
  6. 1995Awarded the honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
  7. 1997Awarded the Catalonia International Prize
  8. 1997Awarded the Edinburgh Medal
  9. 1998Becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
  10. 1998Awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
  11. 1998Awarded the honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II
  12. 2000Awarded the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
  13. 2002Awarded the honorary doctorate from University of Grenoble-II
  14. 2002Awarded the honorary doctorate
  15. 2007Awarded the Global Economy Prize
  16. 2007Awarded the Meister Eckhart Prize
  17. 2007Awarded the honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
  18. 2009Awarded the honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  19. 2011Awarded the National Humanities Medal
  20. 2013Awarded the honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Paris
  21. 2016Awarded the Albert O. Hirschman Prize
  22. 2017Awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
  23. 2017Awarded the honorary doctor of the University of Miami
  24. 2018Awarded the honorary doctor of Waseda University
  25. 2019Awarded the Bodley Medal
  26. 2020Awarded the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
  27. 2020Awarded the honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University
  28. 2021Awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
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