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Do you know some details about any famous personality? Give as much details as possible and inspire other. Many a times by reading about famous personalties, people get inspired. I would write about Dr. Amartya Sen. Dr. Amartya Sen is an economist by profession. He was born on 3rd November 1933 at Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. He joined Trinity College, Cambridge in 1953. He became the youngest chairman of the Department of Economics, Jadhavpur University, Calcutta, India, at the age of 23. Between 1956-1998 he was Professor at various Universities in India and abroad. Sen's contributions on welfare economics and definition of poverty in relation to development have offered a new philosophy and an alternative way to solid economic development. He was of the opinion that the World Bank system of ranking countries according to the GNP and saving rates was not enough and he helped to create the United Nations Human Development Index which has now become the most authoritative international source of welfare comparisons between countries. Some of his works include 'Choice of Techniques', 'Collective Choice and Social Welfare', 'Poverty and Famines', Development as Freedom' etc. Sen is the sixth Indian to get the Nobel and the first Asian winner of the Economics prize. Some of the honors to his credit are 'Indira Gandhi Gold Medal Award' of the Asiatic Society in 1994, 'Nobel prize for Economics in 1998 for his work on 'The poorest people in Society', 'Eisenhower Medal' from USA in 2000, 'Honorary civilian award in India. He has been honored with Honorary D.Litt degrees and fellowships of a large number of Indian and Foreign Universities and Institutes of repute.