Professor Amartya Sen

Professor Amartya Sen

BA, MA, PhD, Bharat Ratna, CH, FBA, DLitt (Hon), DSc (Hon), D Law (Hon), DU (Hon)
Economics
Honorary Fellow since 2012

Amartya Sen taught Economics, Philosophy, History and Law at Harvard (as Thomas W. Lamont University Professor), authored An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions (Penguin and Princeton University Press) jointly with Jean Drèze, and published a number of articles in professional journals and in the public media.

Research Areas
Social Choice Theory
Welfare Economics
Development Economics
Moral and Political Philosophy
Decision Theory
Background
  • Honorary Fellow, All Souls College (from 2012)
  • Distinguished Fellow, All Souls College (from 2005 to 2012)
  • Master, Trinity College, Cambridge (from 1998 to 2004)
  • Professor of Economics and Philosophy, and Lamont University Professor, Harvard University (from 1988 to 1998)
  • Drummond Professor of Political Economy and Professorial Fellow, All Souls College (from 1980 to 1988)
  • Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford (Associate Member, 1980-9; Honorary Fellow, 1998) (from 1977 to 1980)
  • Professor of Economics, London School of Economics (from 1971 to 1977)
  • Professor of Economics, Delhi (Chairman, 1966-8; Honorary Professor, 1971 onwards) (from 1963 to 1971)
  • Staff Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge (from 1961 to 1963)
  • Prize Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge (from 1957 to 1961)
  • Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University (from 1956 to 1958)
  • Undergraduate, Cambridge University (from 1953 to 1955)