He was born in Santiniketan, West Bengal. Sen began his high-school education at St Gregory’s School in Dhaka. He studied in India at the Visva-Bharati University and Presidency College, Kolkata before moving to Trinity College, Cambridge. Ethics – His ethics has the foundations of liberalism and welfare in it. His liberalism is one that accepts … Continue reading " Amartya Sen " Some Lesser Known Facts About Amartya Sen Amartya Sen is an Indian Nobel laureate economist and philosopher. He is the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. He was also awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. He hit the headlines on 10 October 2023, when the rumor of his death was spread. Many prominent news channels and papers reported his death. Later, his daughter Nandana Dev Sen shared her photo with him and clarified that his father was alive and doing ... Five books written by the renowned Indian economist and philosopher, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. Amartya Sen raises concerns over SIR that risks 'disenfranchising' poor people Nobel laureate Amartya Sen voiced concerns regarding the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, cautioning that it could disenfranchise poor and marginalized individuals if not handled carefully. He questioned the fairness of demanding strict documentation from citizens lacking access to it, emphasizing that procedural improvements shouldn't compromise fundamental rights.
