Nobel Prize recipient, Abhijit Banerjee's mother says, 'We are proud'

Abhijit Banerjee was awarded 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Ecomic Sciences in Memory of Alfred bel on Monday. He shared prestigious award with his wife Esr Duflo, and Michael Kremer for ir experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. Nirmala Banerjee, Abhijit's mor while speaking to news ncy ANI expressed her happiness over Abhijit's achievement and said that her younger son informed her about Abhijit's feat. She also said that Abhijit is very fond of people and that is why he chose to study Ecomics. 

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'We are very proud of both of m'

Mrs Banerjee spoke about Abhijit's education and said that he quit Indian Statistical Institute just a week after he joined because he did t want to waste time travelling that far. He, later on, joined Presidency college as he enjoyed music, cinema, and also liked walking. "He is interested in 'people' and Ecomics is one subject that really has something to say for people, that's why he chose Ecomics as his subject," Mrs Banerjee said. "We are very proud of both of m (Abhijit and his wife Esr Duflo)," she ded. 

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Abhijit's mor while speaking to news ncy also said that his next book which is based around 'Good Ecomics for poor times' will also be releasing next week in Delhi. Mrs Banerjee also said that Chief Minister has sent some lovely flowers and sweets for him and I'm very happy that she ackwledged him so quickly.

On being asked wher she talks to Abhijit about India's ecomy, she said, "We often talk about ecomic state of our country but t in-depth because we mostly talk in circumstances when re is family around and it's t much that you can talk about."

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bel Prize tweets about Abhijit's feat

Earlier on Monday, bel Prize official Twitter handle tweeted about Banerjee's success. y wrote that over 700 million people, even today, survive on very low income and every year, five million children die before ir fifth birthday due to inability to afford even cheap and simple treatments. bel Prize also credited Banerjee, Duflo, and Kremer for introducing a new approach to obtain reliable answers about best way to combat global poverty. 

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