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Curriculum Vitae
Amartya Sen
Thomas W. Lamont University Professor
and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University
Senior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows
Formerly Master, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1998-2003
Birth:
November 3, 1933, Santiniketan, India
Citizenship:
Indian
Address:
Department of Economics, 1805 Cambridge Street, Littauer 205
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Education:
Presidency College, Calcutta (B.A. 1953)
Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1955, Ph.D. 1959)
Cambridge University prizes and awards: Adam Smith Prize, 1954; Wrenbury
Scholarship, 1955 and Stevenson Prize, 1956
Trinity College prizes and awards:
Senior Scholarship, 1954; Research Scholarship,
1955 and Prize Fellowship, 1957
Professional Elections and Awards
President, The Econometric Society, 1984
President, The International Economic Association, 1986-89
President, The Indian Economic Association, 1989
President, The American Economic Association, 1994
Fellow of the British Academy
Honorary Fellow, The Academy of Medical Science
Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Honorary Member, The Royal Irish Academy
Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the American Philosophical Association
Frances Perkins Fellow of The American Academy of Political & Social Science
Fellow of the Econometric Society
Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge
Honorary Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
Honorary Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford
Honorary Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Honorary Fellow, School of Oriental & African Studies, London
Honorary Fellow, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands
Honorary Professor, Delhi University, India
Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics
Honorary Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University
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Honorary Fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge, UK
Member of the Universal Academy of Cultures
Honorary Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
Honorary D. Litt., University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 1979
Honorary D. Litt., Visva-Bharati University, India, 1983
Honorary D. U., Essex University, UK, 1984
Honorary D. Sc., University of Bath, UK, 1984
Docteur Honoris Causa, University of Caen, France, 1987
Dottore ad Honorem, University of Bologna, Italy, 1988
Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Georgetown University, USA, 1989
Docteur Honoris Causa, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 1989
Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa, Tulane University, USA, 1990
Honorary D. Litt., Jadavpur University, India, 1990
Honorary D. Litt., Kalyani University, India, 1990
Honorary D. Litt., London Guildhall University, UK, 1991
Honorary Doctorate, Athens University of Economics and Business, 1991
Honorary D. Litt., Williams College, USA, 1991
Honorary D. Litt., New School for Social Research, USA, 1992
Honorary D. Litt., Calcutta University, India, 1993
Honorary D. Litt., Oberlin College, USA, 1993
Honorary Doctor of Law, Queen's University, Canada, 1993
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Valencia, Spain, 1994
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1994
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Syracuse University, USA, 1994
Doctor Honoris Causa, Antwerp University, Belgium, 1995
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Wesleyan University, USA, 1995
Honorary Doctor of Science, Edinburgh University, UK, l995
Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Oxford University, UK, 1996
Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa, University of Stockholm, 1996
Doctor Honoris Causa, Bard College, USA, l997
Doctor Honoris Causa, Kiel University, Germany, l997
Laurea Honoris Causa, Padova University, Italy, 1998
Honorary D. Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, India, 1998
Honorary D. Litt., Leicester University, UK, 1998
Honorary D. Litt., Columbia University, USA, 1998
Honorary D. Litt., McGill University, Canada, 1998
Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, 1998
Honorary D. Litt., Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, India, 1998
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Delhi, India, 1999
Doctor Honoris Causa, Kingston University, UK, 1999
Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, University of East Anglia, UK, 1999
Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, University of Nottingham, UK, 1999
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Athens, Greece, 1999
Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France, 1999
Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1999
Doctor of Social Science, Honoris Causa, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999
Honorary D. Litt., University of Allahabad, India, 2000
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, Assam Agricultural University, India, 2000