Abhijit Sen carved out a Unique Space of his Own
Abhijit Sen, eminent economist, passed away on August 29 at the age of 71. He retired as Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University, in 2015. During his association with the university, which spanned a…
For Abhijit Sen, Facts and Data were Religion and Ideology
My last meeting with Professor Abhijit Sen was just a week ago, before his untimely death due to a heart attack on August 29. We were trying to make sense of trends in the Indian economy, particularly in poverty, inequality and…
Prof. Abhijit Sen, one of India’s foremost experts on agriculture and rural economy, is no more
One of the country’s foremost experts on agriculture and rural economy, Prof. Abhijit Sen died on Monday night. The economist and former Planning Commission member suffered a heart attack. He was 72. Sen’s academic career spanned over four decades. A…
Abhijit Sen (1950-2022)
Our colleague, Professor Abhijit Sen, who taught at the Centre of Economics and Planning, passed away due to cardiac arrest, late on August 29, 2022. His health had never fully recovered after his asthmatic lungs which took a further battering…
Abhijit Sen was an Erudite Scholar with a Heart of Gold
With the passing of professor Abhijit Sen, the country has lost one of its most sensitive, progressive and grounded economists. Professor Sen’s contributions to academia as well as policymaking were significant, with his best-known work in the areas of agriculture,…
Economist Abhijit Sen believed in Power of Policy to Achieve Growth, and Alleviate Poverty
Professor Abhijit Sen, economist and former faculty at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) in Jawaharlal Nehru University passed away on August 29 due to a sudden heart attack. Primarily a teacher, he was also involved in policy-making in…
Abhijit Sen: A champion of the excluded and exploited
Abhijit Sen, who died on Monday at the age of 72, was one of India’s most distinguished development economists, teachers and policymakers. He joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1985, where he remained a much-revered teacher, right until his retirement in 2015.…
Abhijit Sen – A Great Economist with Rural, Agriculture Focus
Abhijit Sen, a renowned agriculture economist and former member of the Planning Commission, passed away on August 29. It is a great loss to the profession of economics in general, and to economists working on agriculture and the rural economy in particular, and to…
Abhijit Sen, noted farm Economist who Advocated Universal PDS, Passes Away
Abhijit Sen, the acclaimed agriculture economist who infused new vitality to the debate on the universalisation of the public distribution system (PDS) of key grains and endorsed an ambitious formula for fixing the support prices of crops, died Monday night.…