Amartya Sen - Academic Achievements, Awards and Honors

Academic Achievements, Awards and Honors

Sen has received many honorary degrees (over 90) from universities around the world, including from the following:

  • Harvard University
  • Yale University
  • Columbia University
  • University of Michigan
  • Williams College
  • Georgetown University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Santa Clara University
  • Tulane University
  • New School for Social Research
  • Oberlin College
  • Syracuse University
  • University of Connecticut
  • Wesleyan University
  • Bard College
  • Clark University
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • Simmons College
  • Brandeis University
  • University of Delhi
  • University of Kerala
  • University of Mumbai
  • University of Calcutta
  • University of North Bengal
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • Jamia Millia Islamia University
  • Allahabad University
  • Visva-Bharati University
  • Jadavpur University
  • Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
  • University of Kalyani
  • Rabindra Bharati University
  • Assam Agricultural University
  • Assam University
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Edinburgh
  • McGill University
  • Queen's University
  • University of Saskatchewan
  • University of Essex
  • University of Bath
  • University of Caen
  • University of Bologna
  • Université catholique de Louvain
  • London Guildhall University
  • Athens University of Economics and Business
  • University of Valencia
  • University of Zurich
  • University of Tokyo
  • University of Antwerp
  • University of Kiel
  • University of Padua
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Valencia
  • University of Zurich
  • Stockholm University
  • University of East Anglia
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of the Mediterranean
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • University of Florence
  • University of London
  • Technical University of Lisbon
  • Jaume I University
  • Durham University
  • University of Southampton
  • Pierre Mendès-France University
  • Ritsumeikan University
  • University of Sussex
  • University of York
  • University of Toronto
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Natal
  • Rhodes University
  • Koç University
  • York University
  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Cape Town
  • University of the Witwatersrand
  • Sorbonne
  • University College Dublin
  • University of Osnabrück
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Dhaka
  • University of Birmingham
  • Rovira i Virgili University
  • University of Pavia
  • Complutense University of Madrid
  • University of Coimbra
  • 1981; He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • 1982: He was awarded honorary fellowship by the Institute of Social Studies.
  • 1998: He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in welfare economics.
  • 1999: He received the Bharat Ratna 'the highest civilian award in India' by the President of India.
  • 1999: He was offered the honorary citizenship of Bangladesh by Sheikh Hasina in recognition of his achievements in winning the Nobel Prize, and given that his ancestral origins were in what has become the modern state of Bangladesh
  • 2000: He was awarded the order of Companion of Honour, UK.
  • 2000: He received Leontief Prize for his outstanding contribution to economic theory from the Global Development and Environment Institute.
  • 2000: He was awarded the Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service USA;
  • 2000: He was the 351st Commencement Speaker of Harvard University.
  • 2002: He received the International Humanist Award from the International Humanist and Ethical Union.
  • 2003: He was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
  • He is awarded the Life Time Achievement award by Bangkok-based United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
  • 2010: He was chosen to deliver the Demos Annual Lecture 2010
  • 2011: The National Humanities Medal will be given to Amartya Sen by US Govt.

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