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Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) ( Bengali ??????? ????? ??? Ômorto Kumar Shen) (born 3 November 1933), is an Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences ( Nobel Prize for Economics) in 1998, "for his contributions to welfare economics" for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, and political liberalism. From 1998 to 2004 he was Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University, becoming the first Asian academic to head an Oxbridge college. Amartya Sen is interested in the debate over globalization. He has given lectures to senior executives of the World Bank and is a former honorary president of Oxfam. Among his many contributions to development economics, Sen has produced work on gender inequality. He is currently the Lamont University Professor at Harvard University. Amartya Sen's books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a trustee of the Economists for Peace and Security. Sen was born in Santiniketan, West Bengal, the University town established by the poet Rabindranath Tagore, another Indian Nobel Prize winner. His ancestral home was in Wari, Dhaka in modern-day Bangladesh. Rabindranath Tagore is said to have given Amartya Sen his name ("Amartya" meaning "immortal").
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1. Amartya Sen, the distinguished economist.
April 07, 2008
Amartya Sen, the distinguished Indian economist was born on 3rd November 1933 in the campus of Shantiniketan. He had won the Nobel Prize in 1998 for welfare economics. His works on famine, human development theory, the underlying mechanism of poverty and political liberalism has enriched the treasure of economics, and also have various uses in the modern society. Personal life and educational background The economist embarked on his educational journey with St. Gregory's school. After his family migrated from Dhaka (in Pakistan at that time), he studied at Shantiniketan, and complet... (read more)
Author: Shilpa Doshi
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2. Don't Reduce Rural Economy To Agriculture Only: Jean Drèze
March 16, 2008
Jean Drèze is a Development Economist of Belgian origin (now an Indian citizen) and has co-authored several books with Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. He studied Mathematical Economics at the University of Essex and did his PhD (Economics) at the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. Jean has made wide-ranging contributions to development economics and public economics, with special reference to India. He is currently a visiting Professor at the University of Allahabad. In an exclusive interview with Santosh H K Narayan of HeadlinesIndia, Dreze shares his views on wide ranging issues of agricul... (read more)
Author: Santosh Narayan
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3. West Bengal Travel Guide
November 02, 2007
Bengal has rich cultural heritage and a glorious past dates back to 3rd century BC. The region has been ruled by Mauryas, Guptas, Palas, the Muslims and finally the British. Bengal is the birth place of many great personalities, philosophers, scientists, patriots, and home to five Nobel laureates – Ronald Ross, Sir C.V. Raman, Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa and Amartya Sen. During British imperialism, this region was divided into two provinces of West Bengal and East Bengal followed the policy of “divide and rule” to curb the rising of national movement in India. Present Bangladesh is the ... (read more)
Author: manufacturer India
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