Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics. He has also made major contributions to social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and the measures of well-being of countries. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1998, announced October 14, 1998. Amartya Sen, “for his contributions to welfare economics”. Amartya Sen: born 1933, Santiniketan, India. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).