Published 09:09 IST, October 17th 2019

Mamata Banerjee calls Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee, 'Abhishek Babu'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday committed a gaffe by mentioning the Noble Prize Laureate Abhijit Banerjee as 'Abhishek Babu'.

Reported by: Manjiri Chitre
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee committed a gaffe by mentioning ble Prize Laureate Abhijit Banerjee as 'Abhishek Babu' on Wednesday, October 16. According to reports, while speaking to reporters, Mamata Banerjee in a slip of tongue stated:

"In West Bengal, re are people like Amartya Sen, Mor Teresa who have won bel Prize and w Abhishek Babu (referring to Abhijit Banerjee) has also got a bel Prize. Sourav Ganguly got opportunity (BCCI President post). Bengal is proud and is moving forward." Furr, she repeated same name while informing reporters about her plan to meet Banerjee's family. 

Mamata Banerjee congratulates on Twitter

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed her wishes on Twitter. Along with it, Banerjee on Wednesday met family members of Abhijit Banerjee at ir residence in Kolkata. Local media reported that West Bengal CM declared that more people like Abhijit Banerjee should continue ir work for society. 

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Abhijit Banerjee wins bel Prize

Ford Foundation International Professor of Ecomics at Massachusetts Institute of Techlogy won bel Prize in Ecomics on October 14. He pursued his education at University of Calcutta, Jawarharlal Nehru University, and acquired his PhD in 1988 from Harvard University. Banerjee won award for his work on ericating poverty, along with two ors. 

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Or winners

Along with Abhijit Banerjee, two ors who received  2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Ecomic Sciences in Memory of Alfred bel award are - Esr Duflo and Michael Kremer. Duflo is also  wife of Laureate Abhijit Banerjee. three of m were awarded bel Prize for ir work on ericating global poverty. According to reports, key to ir research is to take issue of poverty and break it down into smaller questions which can be more credibly answered.  research conducted by this year’s Laureates has been proved to improve world's ability to fight poverty.

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(WITH ANI INPUTS)

05:37 IST, October 17th 2019