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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 

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