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Amartya Sen
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 h…
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2026· 6 entries
“As an Indian, I am not proud of the fact that India, after having done so much to achieve a democratic norm in the world – where India was the first non-Western country to go for democracy – that we lose that reputation on the grounds of action that have been taken”
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The Economic Times: Did Churchill let 30 lakh Indians die? A journo took on Amartya Sen
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Deccan Herald: Quote of the day by Amartya Sen: “The freedom to determine the nature of one’s life is one of the most…”
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Mint: Amartya Sen raises concerns over SIR in Bengal, says process being done with ‘undue hurry’
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NDTV: Amartya Sen Sent SIR Hearing Notice, Claims Trinamool. Poll Official Reacts
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2025· 1 entry
Sen raised concerns about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, warning that it could disenfranchise poor and marginalized people if documentation requirements are too strict
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2024· 2 entries
FACTLY rated the claim “Amartya Sen and the daughters of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embezzled ₹2730 crore allocated by the Indian government to build Nalanda University. The Modi government, upon coming to power in 2014, dissolved the old committee due to this misuse.” FALSE.
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The Quint rated the claim “A list of claims about former PM Manmohan Singh, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, and their association with Nalanda University.” False.
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2023· 9 entries
DigitEye India rated the claim “Twitter claim says, "Amartya Sen is dead"” False. Amartya Sen is not dead as confirmed by his daughter..
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fact checker rated the claim “Amartya Sen Passes Away” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen passed away at 89” FALSE.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Indian economist and Nobel awardee Amartya Sen passed away at 89.” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen passed away.” False.
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India TV: Amartya Sen's daughter Nandana Deb Sen denies his death rumours, says 'Baba is totally fine'
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Mint: Bharat Ratna and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen death news false, daughter confirms he is alive
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Alt News rated the claim “Nobel Laureate Dr Amartya Sen has passed away” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal” MISLEADING.
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2022· 3 entries
Alt News rated the claim “Sri Lanka is ahead of India in Happiness Index, Sri Lanka is doing far better than India in Hunger Index, Sri Lanka has done better than India in GDP Index too said Amartya Sen” False.
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Marketplace: Economist and philosopher Amartya Sen on the memories that shaped his research
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Sen Published his photo book Around the World in Fifty Shots: A travel story through Portraits by Amartya Sen
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2021· 3 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2021).
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NDTV: Prannoy Roy's Townhall With Amartya Sen On Economy, Farm Laws
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Received the prestigious Gold Medal from The National Institute of Social Sciences
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2020· 3 entries
Scroll: Jean Drèze on why Amartya Sen is the original ‘argumentative Indian par excellence’
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Awarded honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University (2020).
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Awarded Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (2020).
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2019· 3 entries
Won Bodley Medal (2019).
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The Quint rated the claim “amartya sen made 5 lakhs per month as chancellor of Nalanda University” FALSE.
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London School of Economics announced the creation of the Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Waseda University (2018).
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Published “Tisagenlecleucel in Children and Young Adults with B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 5,213 times.
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2017· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (2017).
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Awarded Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2017).
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Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,597 times.
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Albert O. Hirschman Prize (2016).
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Published “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” in Autophagy — cited 4,422 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Dye and its removal from aqueous solution by adsorption: A review” in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science — cited 3,952 times.
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Paris (2013).
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Documenting the reasons why India trailed behind China in economic development
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2012· 1 entry
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,668 times.
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2011· 3 entries
Won National Humanities Medal (2011).
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Was present at the Rabindra Utsab ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), Bangladesh
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Published “The gem5 simulator” in ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News — cited 4,298 times.
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (2009).
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Sen published a book titled The Idea of Justice
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Published “The Idea of Justice” — cited 3,253 times.
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Meister Eckhart Prize (2007).
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Awarded Global Economy Prize (2007).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Published “Matrix Elasticity Directs Stem Cell Lineage Specification” in Cell — cited 12,563 times.
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2003· 1 entry
Published “R/qtl: QTL mapping in experimental crosses” in Bioinformatics — cited 3,213 times.
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (2002).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Grenoble-II (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Does Doing Good Always Lead to Doing Better? Consumer Reactions to Corporate Social Responsibility” in Journal of Marketing Research — cited 3,362 times.
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought (2000).
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1999· 3 entries
Wrote, "No famine has ever taken place
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Received India's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, for his contribution to welfare economics
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Sen further advanced and redefined the capability approach in his book Development as Freedom
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1998· 6 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for his contributions to welfare economics.
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II (1998).
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Awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (1998).
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Career landmark: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1998–2004).
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Was appointed as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming the first Asian head of an Oxbridge college
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Received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Catalonia International Prize (1997).
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Won Edinburgh Medal (1997).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Valencia (1994).
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1991· 1 entry
Sen married Emma Georgina Rothschild, who serves as the Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History at Harvard University
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Caen University (1987).
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Sen joined Harvard as the Thomas W
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1985· 1 entry
Sen co-founded the Eva Colorni Trust at the former London Guildhall University in memory of his deceased wife
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1981· 1 entry
Sen published Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981), a book in which he argued that famine occurs not only from a lack of food, but from inequalities built into mechanisms for distributing f
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1978· 1 entry
Sen married Eva Colorni, an Italian economist, daughter of Eugenio Colorni and Ursula Hirschmann and niece of Albert O
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1973· 1 entry
“Given what can be achieved through intelligent and humane intervention, it is amazing how inactive and smug most societies are about the prevalence of the unshared burden of disability.”
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1971· 1 entry
Joined the London School of Economics as a professor of economics, and taught there until 1977
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1970· 1 entry
Sen published his paper "The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal," which introduced the "liberal paradox", also sometimes referred to as "Sen's paradox
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1968· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1968).
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Published “Estimates of the Regression Coefficient Based on Kendall's Tau” in Journal of the American Statistical Association — cited 13,104 times.
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Adam Smith Prize (1954).
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1953· 1 entry
Moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a second BA in economics in 1955 with a first class, topping the list as well
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1951· 1 entry
Went to Presidency College, Calcutta, where he earned a BA in economics with First in the First Class, with a minor in mathematics, as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-11-03.
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