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Discussion Forum : Famous Personalities - Section 1 (Q.No. 7)
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Professor Amartya Sen is famous in which of the fields?
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Nagasethi Venkat RAMANA said:
1 decade ago
Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. He has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, and indexes of the measure of well-being of citizens of developing countries. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his work in welfare economics.
Bhanu said:
1 decade ago
Born in Santiniketan, India in 1933, Professor Sen studied at Presidency College in Calcutta, India, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is an Indian citizen. Awarded the "Bharat Ratna," the highest honor given by the President of India, Professor Sen's work in economics has also been recognized with a Nobel Prize.
Rashmi said:
1 decade ago
Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory.
Harshpreet said:
1 decade ago
Amartya Sen was the first Indian who won an Economics' Nobel Prize. He proved that the Bengal famine, which occurred in 1943, was a man-made phenomenon.
Galla satish said:
1 month ago
He was the father of Indian economics and won the Nobel Prize in Economics.
And he stated that B. Are. Ambedkar is the "father of my economics".
And he stated that B. Are. Ambedkar is the "father of my economics".
Simran gupta said:
9 years ago
Hey, friends. One thing I want to share with you all, that he born on 3 November 1933 and got the noble price in 1998. Thankyou.
Mihira DP said:
9 years ago
He is the famous economist and he gets Bharatratna Award for his out standing cotribution in Indian economy.
Sneha said:
1 decade ago
Who was the famous for biochemistry, electronic and geology. When he was get noble prize for economic?
Vaishali patel said:
1 decade ago
Amartya has received many honorary degrees (over 90 from universities around the world.
Rashmi choudhary said:
1 decade ago
B.R.Amertya Sen is an Indian economist who won the first economic nobel prize.
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