Tag: Amartya Sen
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President receives first copy of book ‘Future of Indian Universities’
President Pranab Mukherjee was handed over the first copy of the book Future of Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives compiled by Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of Jindal Global University on Monday. The book, published by Oxford University Press was presented to the President by Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen at Rashtrapati...
July 18, 2017 -
Inside a visionary’s mind
It was indeed a privilege and lofty experience altogether to get a glimpse into the workings of prodigal minds. An Argumentative Indian, a documentary on Nobel Laureate and economist Amartya Sen, directed by Suman Ghosh was one such experience. Its screening at Nandan, Kolkata, was organised by NGO Prabha Khaitan Foundation. Present at the gracious...
July 15, 2017 -
BJP supports CBFC move to red flag Amartya Sen documentary
Supporting CBFC's decision to red flag director Suman Ghosh's documentary on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said the board had the power to pass a movie or stall it based on its evaluation. "The board has the right to decide which film to censor and which to pass....
July 12, 2017 -
Mute ‘cow’, 3 more words in documentary on Amartya: CBFC to director
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has verbally communicated to a filmmaker to mute four words including 'cow' in his documentary on Amartya Sen, the director said. The four words CBFC's regional office here wanted to be muted are 'Gujarat', 'Cow', 'Hindutva view of India' and 'Hindu India', Suman Ghosh, director of the documentary...
July 12, 2017 -
Documentary on Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is the subject of a documentary film 'An Argumentative Indian' made by economist and filmmaker Suman Ghosh, for whom he is an “economist with a heart”. Sen has authored a book with the same name. The film has been made over 15 years from 2002 and is structured as a free-flowing...
July 11, 2017 -
Reason to worry over Basirhat violence: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday said there is a "reason to worry" over the communal violence that has engulfed pockets in Basirhat sub-division of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. "Why is it happening? Is it because someone is inciting it? There is reason to worry over this," Sen told a television channel here...
July 10, 2017 -
Chidambaram debunks Modi govt’s growth figures
Lashing out at the Narendra Modi government at the centre, Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the country has the "most anti-intellectual" government in the world. "We have the most anti-intellectual government in the world ~ which even thinks Dr Amartya Sen, a professor of Harvard University, is undeserving of...
March 3, 2017 -
Government should not execute autocratic power on universities: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to "execute autocratic power on the universities as freedom and autonomy of institutions is vital for the country". The 83-year-old economist said any threat to the autonomy of the universities is...
February 21, 2017 -
Government should not execute autocratic power on universities: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to "execute autocratic power on the universities as freedom and autonomy of institutions is vital for the country". The 83-year-old economist said any threat to the autonomy of the universities is...
February 21, 2017 -
Government should not execute autocratic power on universities: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to "execute autocratic power on the universities as freedom and autonomy of institutions is vital for the country". The 83-year-old economist said any threat to the autonomy of the universities is...
February 21, 2017 -
Federalism redefined ~ I
Amartya Sen has remarked that before demonetising the high-value currency notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000, the Union Government should have discussed the matter with the States (29 in all), and preferably obtained their concurrence. A similar sentiment has been echoed, rather vehemently, by one of the crusaders against the decision. Participatory governance may be a...
February 4, 2017 -
Amartya Sen rues lack of good healthcare in India
Although India has made great progress on the economic front, our progress in healthcare has so far been extraordinarily limited, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said at an international conference here on Saturday. "It is disconcerting to note that despite being the world's largest democracy, we are far from achieving reasonably good standards of healthcare delivery in...
January 28, 2017 -
RBI doesn’t decide anything, decisions taken by Modi: Sen
After two former RBI Governors Y V Reddy and Bimal Jalan, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Tuesday raised questions on Reserve Bank's autonomy saying now a days the central bank does not decide anything and all decisions are taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Highly critical of the demonetisation, Sen opined that it has failed...
January 10, 2017 -
RBI doesn’t decide anything, decisions taken by Modi: Sen
After two former RBI Governors Y V Reddy and Bimal Jalan, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Tuesday raised questions on Reserve Bank's autonomy saying now a days the central bank does not decide anything and all decisions are taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Highly critical of the demonetisation, Sen opined that it has failed...
January 10, 2017