Biography
Amartya Kumar Sen 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 Bharat Ratna in 1999 for his work in 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
Filmography
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Movies 3
self 3
TV Shows 1
Genius of the Ancient World (2015)
The End of Poverty? (2008)
Nobelity (2006)
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GenderMale
Birthday1933-11-03 (91 years old)
Religionatheist
RelationshipsEva Colorni (1978-01-01 - 1985-01-01), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1958-01-01 - 1976-01-01)
SpouseEmma Georgina Rothschild
ChildrenNandana Sen, Antara Dev Sen
MotherAmita Sen
RelativesRenata Colorni, Ursula Hirschmann, Eugenio Colorni
CitizenshipsIndia
Awardshonorary doctor of the Catholic University of Paris, honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta, Albert O. Hirschman Prize, honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, honorary doctor of Waseda University, Fellow of the British Academy, Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, Grotius Lectures, Bangla Academy Fellowship, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, honorary doctor of the University of Padua, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of the University of Valencia, Bodley Medal, Adam Smith Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, Global Economy Prize, Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, National Humanities Medal, Meister Eckhart Prize, Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, Bharat Ratna, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Catalonia International Prize, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
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