Tag: Amartya Sen

Sen, known for his contribution to welfare economics, economic and social justice, development economics and social choice theory, is currently under home quarantine at his ancestral residence of "Pratichi" at Bolpur-Shantiniketan in Birbhum district of West Bengal.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has withdrawn his candidature as chancellor of Nalanda University, alleging that the government does not want him to continue to head the prestigious multi-country initiative. The government denied the allegations even as the opposition Congress asked it not to politicise the issue

This year, the popular annual Literature Festival at Jaipur will begin with keynote address by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and has lined up over 200 authors for a five day period of debates and discussions

Kolkata: In a rare honour, the Presidency University on Thursday decided to emboss facsimiles of the faces of Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and Amartya Sen – the two Nobel laureates in its list of distinguished alumni – on its wall. Vice Chancellor Anuradha Lohia said the university has also decided to immediately send a felicitation scroll […]