It was a proud moment for every Indian across the globe when the Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Prize in Economics along with two others.
Abhijit & the others won this prize for their “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
The detailed document begins with Banerjee‘s immaculate academic credentials on page one.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (his full name), 58, was born in Mumbai (India) and attended South Point School in the city. He went to Presidency College, Calcutta, where he completed his BS degree in Economics in 1981. He completed his M.A. in Economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in 1983. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard in 1988. Banerjee wrote his doctoral thesis on ‘Essays in Information Economics’ and received his doctorate in 1988.
Abhijit‘s CV then goes on for a good 17 pages, elaborating his prowess in the following categories.
Professional Experience, Fields of Interest, Professional services, MIT Activities & Committees, Publications, Journal articles & Working papers, Chapters in books, Unpublished Manuscripts. and Work in progress.
