Amartya Sen

Actor / Actress

Amartya Sen

3 credits available

Biography

Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and measures of well-being of countries. He is currently a Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He formerly served as Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge.He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 and India's Bharat Ratna in 1999 for his work in welfare economics. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association awarded him the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his pioneering scholarship addressing issues of global justice and combating social inequality in education and healthcare

Amartya Sen is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 3 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes HARDtalk (1997), The End of Poverty? (2008), The Argumentative Indian (2018). The recorded credits span 1997 to 2018, including 2 movies and 1 TV show. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.

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Movies2
TV shows1
Active years represented1997–2018

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