At 23, Amartya Sen finished the work for his PhD in one year and then set up an economics department

An excerpt from the Nobel Laureate’s memoir, ‘Home in the World’.

Amartya Sen

· Jul 20, 2021 · 08:30 am

Amartya Sen: ‘World is facing pandemic of authoritarianism’

In his speech accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on October 18, Sen emphasised the importance of dissent and debate.

Amartya Sen

· Nov 01, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘Niti’ or ‘Nyaya’: The real injustice that should keep us awake at night

The realisation of justice in the real world is even more important than the existence of institutions and rules meant to ensure justice.

Amartya Sen

· Aug 14, 2015 · 08:30 am

Full text: Amartya Sen's letter on how the government got him to step down as Nalanda University chancellor

"The government can turn an academic issue into a matter of political dispensation if it feels unrestrained about interfering," says the winner of the Nobel prize for economics in a letter to the members of the governing board of Nalanda University.

Amartya Sen

· Feb 20, 2015 · 11:01 am

Golden age of Indian mathematics was inspired by Babylon and Greece: Amartya Sen

At an event to honour the six winners of the Infosys Prize in Kolkata last week, the Nobel Prize winner noted that the progress of knowledge depends on learning from other cultures. This is the full text of his speech.

Amartya Sen

· Jan 12, 2015 · 01:23 am