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Proud day for JNU as alumnus Abhijit Banerjee wins Nobel Prize

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 14 2019 | 6:05 PM IST

It was a proud day for Jawaharlal Nehru University as its alumnus Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, with his former professors saying they expected his contributions to the field would be recognised soon.

Indian-American Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."

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First Published: Oct 14 2019 | 6:05 PM IST

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