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My Take
Abhijit Banerjee is a scholar I hold in deep respect. The Mumbai-born MIT economist won the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize, but what impresses me is not the shelf of honors, from the Guggenheim to the Infosys Prize, so much as his method. He helped pull economics out of the lecture hall and into the field, testing what actually reduces poverty through careful experiments. That insistence on asking does this really work feels obvious in hindsight, yet few dared to do it rigorously. An Indian mind taking aim at global poverty with such grounded, humane empiricism strikes me as the real thing, a genuine scholar.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Abhijit Banerjee
- Name (Japanese)
- アビジット・バナジー
- Reading
- あびじっと・ばなじー
- Born
- February 21, 1961 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Ox
- Origin
- Mumbai, Bombay State, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2006 Michael Wallerstein Award
- 2009 Infosys Prize
- 1995 Fellow of the Econometric Society
- 2004 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2019 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
- 2014 honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Abhijit Banerjee born?
Born February 21, 1961 (age 65).
Where is Abhijit Banerjee from?
Abhijit Banerjee is from Mumbai, Bombay State, India.
What does Abhijit Banerjee do?
Abhijit Banerjee works as economist, university teacher.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
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