Mamata pays visit to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee's home

Published : Oct 16, 2019, 9:49 PM IST

WB CM Mamata Banerjee paid a visit to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee's house in Kolkata and congratulated her mother on her son's success. The WB government is also planning to organise a grand felicitation for the Nobel laureate. Abhijit is scheduled to arrive in the city on the night of October 22.

Kolkata (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid a visit to Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee's house in Kolkata and congratulated her mother on her son's success.

The chief minister who was accompanied by senior officials also exchanged pleasantries with Nirmala Banerjee, Abhijit's mother.

Abhijit Banerjee, an Indian-American, has jointly won the Nobel prize in economics along with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. He bagged the award for his 'experimental approach to alleviating global poverty'.

"West Bengal government is also planning to organise a grand felicitation for the Nobel laureate," senior minister Partha Chatterjee said on Tuesday.

Abhijit Banerjee is scheduled to arrive in the city on the night of October 22.

The chief minister on Monday in a tweet had congratulated Abhijit.

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"Hearty congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, an alumnus of South Point School & Presidency College Kolkata, for winning the Nobel Prize in Economics. Another Bengali has done the nation proud. We are overjoyed," Banerjee said in a tweet.

Banerjee is an alumnus of South Point School in the city and Presidency College, Calcutta, where he completed his BSC degree in economics in 1981. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from Harvard University.

Banerjee, 58, is currently the Ford Foundation international professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The chief minister who was accompanied by senior officials also exchanged pleasantries with Nirmala Banerjee, Abhijit's mother.

"West Bengal government is also planning to organise a grand felicitation for the Nobel laureate," senior minister Partha Chatterjee said on Tuesday.

Abhijit Banerjee is scheduled to arrive in the city on the night of October 22.

The chief minister on Monday in a tweet had congratulated Abhijit.

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Banerjee, 58, is currently the Ford Foundation international professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mamata pays visit to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee's home
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Kolkata, Oct 16 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid a visit to Nobel laureate
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee's house in South Kolkata and
congratulated his mother on her son's success.
The chief minister who was accompanied by senior
officials also exchanged pleasantries with Nirmala Banerjee,
Abhijit's mother.
Abhijit Banerjee, an Indian-American, has jointly won
the Nobel prize in economics along with his wife Esther Duflo
and Michael Kremer. He bagged the award for his "experimental
approach to alleviating global poverty".
West Bengal government is also planning to organise a
grand felicitation for the Nobel laureate, senior minister
Partha Chatterjee said on Tuesday.
Abhijit Banerjee is scheduled to arrive in the city on
the night of October 22.
The chief minister on Monday in a tweet had
congratulated Abhijit.
"Hearty congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, alumnus
of South Point School & Presidency College Kolkata, for
winning the Nobel Prize in Economics. Another Bengali has
done the nation proud. We are overjoyed," Banerjee said in a
tweet.
Banerjee is an alumnus of South Point School in the
city and Presidency College, Calcutta, where he completed his
BSC degree in economics in 1981. He received his PhD in 1988
from Harvard University.
Banerjee, 58, is currently the Ford Foundation
international professor of Economics at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. PTI PNT
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