essay bengal and the noble prize 300word
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The Bengal CM was one of the first ones to fete the half-Bengali, half-Konkani economist
NEW DELHI: The week began on a celebratory note as economist Abhijit Banerjee became the 10th Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday. He jointly shared the prize with his economist-wife, Esther Duflo, and another American development economist, Michael Kremer.
From politicians and cricketers to other personalities, several proud Indians took to social media to congratulate the Mumbai-born economist.Amartya Sen, the first man of Indian origin to win the Nobel in Economic Sciences and Banerjee’s class fellow from Presidency College during their undergraduate years, expressed delight over the 58-year-old economist’s win.
In an interview to a news agency in Boston, the Nobel laureate said, "I am very very happy and delighted that Abhijit Banerjee along with others have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics".