Amartya Sen
Amartya Kumar Sen CH (born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and measures of well-being of countries.
Sen began his school education at St Gregory's School in Dhaka in 1940. In the fall of 1941, Sen was admitted to Patha Bhavana, Shantiniketan, where he completed his school education. The school had many progressive features, such as distaste for examinations or competitive testing. In addition, the school stressed cultural diversity, and embraced cultural influences from the rest of the world. In 1951, he went to Presidency College, Kolkata, where he earned a B.A. in Economics with First in the First Class, with a minor in Mathematics, as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta. In 1953 he moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a second B.A. in Economics in 1955 with a First Class, topping the list as well. At this time, he was elected President of the Cambridge Majlis.
He is currently Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 and India's Bharat Ratna in 1999 for his work in welfare economics. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association awarded him the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his pioneering scholarship addressing issues of global justice and combating social inequality in education and healthcare.
Mukesh Bansal
Mukesh Bansal is an Indian businessman who founded Indian fashion e-commerce company Myntra and currently serves as the CEO of cure.fit of which he is also the co-founder. Mukesh has been listed in the Best 40 Under 40 Entrepreneurs by Fortune magazine.
Bansal was born in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. He has a BTech in computer science from IIT-Kanpur. After graduating in 1997, he worked with Deloitte as a systems analyst in Chicago for two years. He was inspired by the dotcom boom that was progressing in San Francisco in full swing and moved to the Bay area in 1999. After giving up a job portal venture, which he started with a friend, Bansal worked at eWanted, Centrata, NexTag, newScale which were all early stage companies in Silicon Valley. His role in these startup included that of engineer and product manager across technology and business enterprises.
Bansal's experience at Silicon Valley propelled him to launch Myntra in 2007 along with Ashutosh Lawania and Vineet Saxena. Myntra was initially a personalised gifting startup and eventually turned into a foremost player in the fashion e-commerce segment. In 2014, Myntra was acquired by Flipkart for $330 million, which was the largest e-commerce related acquisition in India. Bansal continued as the chairman of Myntra board and managed the commerce and advertising platform until 2016.
After Flipkart's acquisition of Myntra, Mukesh joined Flipkart as Head of Commerce & Advertising Business. In this role Mukesh revamped the e-commerce company's talent philosophy.Under his leadership, Flipkart went on to achieve $5 billion in annual revenue.
Mukesh co-founded Cure.fit with Ankit Nagori in 2016. A fitness and well-being start-up, Cure.fit has under its umbrella eat.fit, cult.fit, mind.fit and care.fit offering digital and offline experiences in fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being. Cure.fit has raised over $170 million in its first two years of operations. On September 5th 2019, Cure.fit announced the launch of its sportswear brand Cultsport. Cultsport offers apparel which is functional for workout formats like running, field training and gym. Mukesh is also on the board of Olympics Gold Quest, a non-profit foundation that promotes sports and games.