Amartya K.Sen:
Born, 3rd Nov. 1933 at Santi Niketan, India. He is a non-resident Indian, residing in USA. A.K.Sen is a many sided genius, a poly-math, who distinguished himself in the fields of Economics, Philosophy and Ethics. His principal contribution is to collective choice and Social welfare, which is discussed in this chapter and his other contributions are no less significant. They relate to Famines, Poverty, Inequalities, Entitlements and Capabilities, which are discussed in Chapter 16.
Prof. Sen is a person of many Identities. He is an eminent scholar, best teacher, a leading thinker, an argumentative Indian, a gentleman and a humanitarian.
He is awarded the Nobel prize in Economics in 1998. He received the title of ‘Bharat Ratna’ the highest civilian honour from Government of India.
A Festschrift volume,Choice,Welfare and Development, is brought out in honour of A.K.Sen by his former students and Collegues ( ed.K. Basu et.al,O.U.P.) It contains more details about A.K.Sen’s biographical details and Bibliographical details
May God bless Prof. Sen, in the remaining part of his autumnal life, with sound health, fulfillment and peace.