| 1. Abhijit Sen was a member of the Planning Commission of India from 2004 to 2014. |
| 2. Before joining JNU, he was a professor at universities like Oxford, Sussex, Cambridge, and Essex. |
| 3. Abhijit Sen held various significant government positions throughout his career. |
| 4. During his time in office, he provided recommendations on farmers’ Minimum Support Price. |
| 5. He advised the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led Indian government on pricing for rice and wheat through a universal Public Distribution System. |
| 6. His report on long-term Grain Policy advocated for a non-differentiated and universal Public Distribution System (PDS) and a Minimum Support Price (MSP) recommended by a Statutory CACP. |
| 7. He was a strong advocate for the public distribution system of foodgrains and a leading expert on the rural economy. |
| 8. He made seminal contributions to understanding Indian agriculture, rural poverty, and the conceptualization and measurement of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. |
