About Amartya Sen
Since 1972 he has taught and worked in England and the United States, and he has made major contributions to social choice theory, economic and social justice, famine economics, decision theory, development economics, public health, and measures of well‑being for countries.
Awards & Honors
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Catalonia International Prize
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
Bharat Ratna
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
Meister Eckhart Prize
honorary doctorate
Honorary Fellow of Bangla Academy
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Grotius Lectures
Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit
Edinburgh Medal
National Humanities Medal
Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
Global Economy Prize
Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
Adam Smith Prize
Bodley Medal
Fellow of the British Academy
honorary doctor of Waseda University
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
honorary doctor of the University of Padua
honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II
honorary doctorate from University of Grenoble-II
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
Fellow of the Econometric Society
honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Albert O. Hirschman Prize
honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Paris
honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
honorary doctor of the University of Miami
honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University
honorary doctor of Caen University
honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
![“I think gender inequality is a problem that goes back a long, long time. In human society, as a whole, women have tended to have a kind of inferior position - very often combined with playing up women as great role [models].” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2fd/amartya-sen-2518_feminism_i-think-gender-inequality-is-a-problem-t_2369490.png)
![“In absolutely every way, our lives are transformed by education and basic education in particular. So I would have thought that in any kind of system, to say that the priorities don't include education is a mistake, whether it's [at the] domestic level or at the global level.” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d53/amartya-sen-2518_basic-education_in-absolutely-every-way-our-lives-are-tr_692103.jpg)
![“There may be countries [where] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but [where there is] gender inequality in high business. Japan is a very good example of that. You might find cases in the United States where at one level women's equality has progressed…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/49a/amartya-sen-2518_american-woman_there-may-be-countries-where-there-s-no_1857588.png)
![“80 percent of the export of armament in the world comes from the G8 countries. [The] United States alone exports about 50 percent of the world's armament, [for] which, of course, there has to be buyers, and the buyers are very terribly keen, very often military dictator[s] or sometimes not…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cc9/amartya-sen-2518_armament_80-percent-of-the-export-of-armament-in_2619495.jpg)
![“Women had always been thought of as looking after the family when men go and earn an income and they're the bread earner and so on. So there is a kind of generation of inequality, [and], on top of the fact, women have pregnancies and periods, [and] when the children are very small, there are…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cf2/amartya-sen-2518_another-woman_women-had-always-been-thought-of-as-look_605962.png)
