Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee-A Sparkling Star of India
There is a proverb that – what Bengal thinks today India will think tomorrow. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is such a person who proves this proverb literally. Though he was born in Bengal his mother was Gujarati. This great person was born on 21st February 1961. From the student life he was fond of Economics. So at the next time he became an economist. And the subject of his research was how to remove the cause of poverty from this world. There are so many contributions of Abhijit Banerjee in the field of Economics. He set up a research lab named Abul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. He innovated so many actions to drive away the poverty. This great man worked for the need of distressed people for a long time. Even he went to so many barracks and talked to them. He heard their extreme conditions of life. Beside this he talked to the children who spend their days without foods. Feeling their pathetic situation he was determined to create a plan to remove the poverty.His wife Esther Duffloe who was also an economist helped him in his work. For his work he got Guggenhum fellowship from United States of America in 2000. Beside this the pride of Bengal Abhijit Vinayak got Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 2019 with his wife Esther. This star has brightened the face of India all over the world. So being an Indian I feel Pride for him.