Internet is right now chanting Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee's name. He was bestowed upon by the Nobel prize along with other two economist Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. People could not contain their happiness and posted congratulatory messages. The Bollywood celebs also were elated to know this and posted messages in its support. Celebs like... talked on social media. Abhijit Banerjee Wins Nobel Prize 2019 For Economic Sciences: PM Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Others Wish Indian-Origin Awardee.

The Nobel Committee said in a statement, "The research conducted by this year's Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research."

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He has studied in the University of Calcutta and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He also received his PhD at Harvard University. He has also served on the UN Secretary-General’s high-level panel. He is right now Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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