2012 Humanities Medal for Amartya Sen India-born Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was on 14.02.

2012 felicitated with the prestigious National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by U.S. President Barack Obama for his efforts to increase the understanding of fighting hunger and poverty. Dr. Sen, who won Nobel Prize in economics in 1998, was given the award at a glittering White House function in Washington. We even have an economist, which we dont always get on stage, Obama said referring to 78-year-old Dr. Sen, before he presented the 2011 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities. Sen is being awarded the 2011 National Humanities Medal for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. By applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy, he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger, said the citation, read by a military aid of the US President. The two Nobel Laureates (Obama and Sen) were seen chatting on some issues during the award ceremony. Dr. Sen also attended the White House reception hosted by President Obama on this occasion. The First Lady, Michelle also attended the awards ceremony. The 2011 National Medal of Arts were also awarded to Will Barnet, Rita Dove, Al Pacino, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Martin Puryear, Mel Tillis, United Service Organization and AndrWatts. And the 2011 National Humanities Medal were given to Kwame Anthony Appiah, John Ashbery, Robert Darnton, Andrew Delbanco, National History Day, Charles Rosen sand Teofilo Ruiz besides Dr. Sen. Profile of Amartya Sen Amartya Sen, (born Nov. 3, 1933, Santiniketan, India), Indian economist was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of societys poorest members. Sen was best known for his work on the causes of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting the effects of real or perceived shortages of food. Sen was educated at Presidency College in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a B.A. (1955), an M.A. (1959), and a Ph.D. (1959). He taught economics at a number of universities in India and England, including the Universities of Jadavpur (195658) and Delhi (196371), the London School of Economics, the University of London (197177), and the University of Oxford (197788), before moving to Harvard University (198898), where he was professor of economics and philosophy. In 1998 he was appointed master of Trinity

College, Cambridgea position he held until 2004, when he returned to Harvard as Lamont University Professor. Dream Dare Win www.jeywin.com *****