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Amartya Kumar Sen

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Amartya Kumar Sen

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Amartya Kumar Sen, CH, is an Indian economist. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his outstanding contributions to welfare economics. The following year, he was awarded the Indian National Treasure Medal by the Indian government.

Category
Scholars
Nationality
British India
Born
1933-11-03
Wikidata
Q132489
Occupations economistuniversity teacherphilosopherwritersociologistnobel prize winner
Aliases Amartya Kumar SenAmartya SenProfessor Amartya Kumar SenAmakana, Kumaner, MoriAgartya LinAmartya Kumar SenAmartya SenAmadiya Sen

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