Abhijit Banerjee — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
Serves as the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), an MIT-based global research center.
Recognized as a fellow of the Econometric Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1994, awarded to early career researchers with the potential to revolutionize their fields.
Earned a BSc (Honors) in Economics from Presidency College in 1981 and an MA in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Biography

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an Indian American economist and the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2019, he shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. He and Esther Duflo are married, marking them as the sixth married couple to jointly win a Nobel or Nobel Memorial Prize.