Amartya Sen

Amartya Kumar Sen (born November 3, 1933) is an Indian Economist best known for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, and the underlying mechanisms of poverty. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in welfare economics in 1998 and the Bharat Ratna in 1999.

Education and career

Sen was born in Santiniketan, West Bengal, the University town established by the poet Rabindranath Tagore, another Indian Nobel Prize winner. Tagore is said to have given Amartya Sen his name. Sen first studied in India at the school system of Visva-Bharati University, Presidency College, Kolkata and at the Delhi School of Economics before moving to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a BA in 1956 and then a Ph.D. in 1959. He has taught economics at University of Calcutta, Jadavpur University, Delhi, Oxford, London School of Economics, Harvard and was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, between 1997 and 2004. In January 2004 Sen returned to Harvard, where he currently teaches.

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Santiniketan - West Bengal - Rabindranath Tagore - India - Visva-Bharati University - Presidency College, Kolkata - Delhi School of Economics - Trinity College, Cambridge - BA - 1956 - Ph.D. - 1959 - University of Calcutta - Jadavpur University - Delhi - Oxford - London School of Economics - Harvard - Cambridge - 1997 - 2004 - January

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