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Academic Achievements, Awards and Honors

Sen has received many honorary degrees (over 90) from universities around the world, including from the following:

Harvard University
Yale University
Columbia University
University of Michigan
Williams College
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Santa Clara University
Tulane University
New School for Social Research
Oberlin College
Syracuse University
University of Connecticut
Wesleyan University
Bard College
Clark University
Mount Holyoke College
Simmons College
Brandeis University

University of Delhi
University of Kerala
University of Mumbai
University of Calcutta
University of North Bengal
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jamia Millia Islamia University
Allahabad University
Visva-Bharati University
Jadavpur University
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
University of Kalyani
Rabindra Bharati University
Assam Agricultural University
Assam University

University of Oxford
University of Edinburgh
McGill University
Queen's University
University of Saskatchewan
University of Essex
University of Bath
University of Caen
University of Bologna
Université catholique de Louvain
London Guildhall University
Athens University of Economics and Business
University of Valencia
University of Zurich

University of Tokyo
University of Antwerp
University of Kiel
University of Padua
University of Leicester
University of Valencia
University of Zurich
Stockholm University
University of East Anglia
University of Nottingham
University of the Mediterranean
Heriot-Watt University
Chinese University of Hong Kong

University of Florence
University of London
Technical University of Lisbon
Jaume I University
Durham University
University of Southampton
Pierre Mendès-France University
Ritsumeikan University
University of Sussex
University of York
University of Toronto
University of British Columbia
University of Natal
Rhodes University
Koç University
York University

University of Göttingen
University of Cape Town
University of the Witwatersrand
Sorbonne
University College Dublin
University of Osnabrück
University of Exeter
University of Dhaka
University of Birmingham
Rovira i Virgili University
University of Pavia
Complutense University of Madrid
University of Coimbra

1981; He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1982: He was awarded honorary fellowship by the Institute of Social Studies.
1998: He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in welfare economics.
1999: He received the Bharat Ratna 'the highest civilian award in India' by the President of India.
1999: He was offered the honorary citizenship of Bangladesh by Sheikh Hasina in recognition of his achievements in winning the Nobel Prize, and given that his ancestral origins were in what has become the modern state of Bangladesh
2000: He was awarded the order of Companion of Honour, UK.
2000: He received Leontief Prize for his outstanding contribution to economic theory from the Global Development and Environment Institute.
2000: He was awarded the Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service USA;
2000: He was the 351st Commencement Speaker of Harvard University.
2002: He received the International Humanist Award from the International Humanist and Ethical Union.
2003: He was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
He is awarded the Life Time Achievement award by Bangkok-based United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2010: He was chosen to deliver the Demos Annual Lecture 2010
2011: The National Humanities Medal will be given to Amartya Sen by US Govt.

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