Abhijit Banerjee: All you need to know about the Nobel Prize laureate

bel Prize in Ecomics for year 2018-19 was awarded to Indian-origin Ecomist Abhijit Banerjee, Michael Kremer, and Esr Duflo respectively. Abhijit and 2 ors received prestigious prize "for ir experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” Abhijit Banerjee and Esr Duflo also became 6th couple to have received bel Prize toger. 

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Personal Life:

Indian origin bel Laureate was born on February 21, 1961, in Kolkata to Nirmala Banerjee, a professor of ecomics at  Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, and Dipak Banerjee, a professor and he of Department of Ecomics at Presidency College, Calcutta. Abhijit Banerjee is married to Esr Duflo who has also been awarded bel hour in field of Ecomics. 

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Alma Mater:

As a student, Abhijit Banerjee attended  South Point School and Presidency College in Kolkata. He completed his B.S. degree in ecomics in 1981 from Presidency College. He is also a 1983 pass out of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi. Banerjee went on to obtain his Ph.D. in Ecomics from Harvard in year 1988.

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Career:

Abhijit Banerjee is currently Ford Foundation International Professor of Ecomics at  Massachusetts Institute of Techlogy also kwn as MIT. He has also taught at Harvard University and Princeton University respectively. Abhijit Banerjee was a recipient of inaugural Infosys Prize in category of social sciences (ecomics). 

• 2012: Abhijit shared  Gerald Loeb Award Horable Mention for Business Book with co-author and w his wife Esr Duflo for ir book Poor Ecomics.

• 2013: He was named by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to a panel of experts tasked with updating  Millennium Development Goals after 2015 (ir expiration date).
• 2014: Banerjee received Bernhard-Harms-Prize from  Kiel Institute for World Ecomy.
• 2019: He delivered Export-Import Bank Of India's 34th Commencement Day Annual Lecture on Redesigning Social Policy

Books:

Abhijit Banerjee has authored multiple books such as Poor Ecomics: A Rical Rethinking of Way to Fight Global Poverty, Volatility And Growth, A Short History of Poverty Measurements, and more. 

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