Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and the 1998 Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences. He is the first Asian to receive this annual award. Sen studied at the prestigious Harvard and Cambridge universities. His work focused on justice, nutrition, hunger, and deprivation, particularly the economic security of the poor. His 1981 book, 'Poverty and Famine,' was a major reason for him receiving this prize. Sen states that the lack of food availability is not itself the cause of famine. He also emphasized that no country can claim success in its social policies if it does not care for the conditions of its poor classes. If economic growth does not benefit the less privileged, social gaps widen and economic security is lost.
