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Abhijit Banerjee. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (born 21 February 1961) [1][2] is an Indian-born American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [3][4] He is co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), an MIT based global ...
Mamata Banerjee (Bengali pronunciation: [mɔmot̪a bɔnd̪ːopad̪d̪ʱae̯] ⓘ; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956 [2]) is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels (The Mistress of Spices and ...
The 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded jointly to the economist couple Abhijit Banerjee (born 1961), Esther Duflo-Banerjee (born 1972) and their colleague Michael Kremer (born 1964) "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty". [2][3][4] Banerjee and Duflo are the sixth married couple to jointly win a ...
Rahul Banerjee (Bengali:রাহুল ব্যানার্জি, born 1978) is a Bengali Indian organic chemist and a professor at the department of chemical sciences of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. Banerjee, a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, is known for his studies in the field of Metal ...
978-1-58648-798-0. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011) is a non-fiction book by Abhijit V. Banerjee [1] and Esther Duflo, [2] both professors of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates. The book reports on the effectiveness of ...
Akash Banerjee (Hindi: आकाश बैनर्जी) is an Indian YouTuber, journalist, radio jockey and political satirist. He is known for his YouTube channel " The Deshbhakt " a satirical show focusing on social, political and environmental issues and his caricature " Bhakt Banerjee ". [2] As of September 2024, he has over 4 million ...
Victor Banerjee (born 15 October 1946) is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked with directors such as Roman Polanski , James Ivory , Sir David Lean , Jerry London , Ronald Neame , Satyajit Ray , Mrinal Sen , Shyam Benegal , and Montazur Rahman Akbar .