Abhijit Banerjee

Abhijit Banerjee: Biography in Details

Who is Abhijit Banerjee?

Abhijit Banerjee better known by his full name Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an Indian-American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Abhijit is also the co-founder of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). He holds Indian-American nationality.

Abhijit Banerjee- Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee was born on 21st February 1961 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

The economist was born to her father Dipak Banerjee and her mother Nirmala Banerjee. He has one younger sibling brother named Aniruddha Banerjee.

Furthermore, he graduated Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of Calcutta and a Master’s degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Similarly, his ethnicity is Bengali and his religion is unknown.

Abhijit Banerjee- Professional Life, Careers

Abhijit Banerjee is widely recognized for his work on poverty and development economics and has been a strong advocate of the use of randomized trials to evaluate the efficacy of development programs.

He is also widely credited with being the first to introduce field experiments in development economics. The economist also has argued for the use of technology to improve the delivery of public services.

Banerjee has co-authored several books, including Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011), which won the Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in 2011.

Abhijit Banerjee also co-authored Good Economics for Hard Times in 2019, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

In addition to his academic work, Banerjee has provided policy advice to several governments around the world and has served on the boards of various organizations, including the World Bank.

He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of India.

Awards and Achievements

Abhijit Banerjee was awarded the prestigious Infosys Prize in 2009. Banerjee has been honored with several awards, including the Infosys Prize, the Economist Magazine’s Innovation Award, and the Guggenheim Fellowship.

He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2020.

Abhijit Banerjee- Net Worth 2024, Salary

As for 2023, Economist Abhijit Banerjee’s Net Worth income is around $4 million – $5 million from some sources.

Whereas his annual yearly salary and, monthly salary are unknown. Moreover, he is earning from his career as an economist and an author.

Abhijit Banerjee- Rumors, Controversy

The Economist Abhijit Banerjee was involved in controversy after he was awarded Nobel Prize. Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called the economist out for receiving the Nobel Prize.

He said those people who have a foreign wife are most likely to get a Nobel Prize.

Body Features- Height, Weight

The 62-year-old  Abhijit Banerjee’s height is 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 73 kg. Whereas, his body measurement and his body type are not known.

Furthermore, as for Abhijit’s body features, he has dark brown colored eye color and black colored hair. Similarly, his shoe size is 9 in the U.K.

Social Media

The Economist Abhijit Banerjee is active on his social media account, and Instagram account, under the username, @abhijit_banerjee._ with 2,008 followers.

As for other social media, Abhijit is not active on Twitter and Facebook.

Trivia

• Abhijit Banerjee is an economist.
• He has 12,008 followers on Instagram.
• He is not active on Twitter.
• Abhijit is a Nobel prize winner.

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