प्रो. सेन जिंदगी भर गरीबों और हाशिये वालों के हिमायती रहे

प्रो. अभिजित सेन ऐसे प्रतिभाशाली अर्थशास्त्री थे, जिन्होंने ज्यादातर ग्रामीण और कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था पर काम किया। उन्होंने नीति निर्माण करने वाले देश के कई शीर्ष स्तरीय निकायों में कार्य किया। वह कृषि लागत एवं मूल्य आयोग (सीएसीपी) के चेयरमैन और पूरे 10 साल तक योजना आयोग के पूर्णकालिक सदस्य (कृषि) रहे।

- डॉ. रमेश चंद

Sen was also a member of the 14th Finance Commission. Apart from this, he chaired several high level and important committees like High Level Committee on Long Term Policy on Foodgrains, Committee on Forward Trading etc. He prepared estimates of farmers' incomes using data on the cost of agriculture and published his works as a book with MS Bhatia.

I have served in the Working Groups and Steering Committees of the 11th (2007-2012) and 12th (2012-2017) Five Year Plans for more than 10 years under Prof. Had the opportunity to work closely with Sen. Pro. Sen is also remembered by the states for formulating the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), which perhaps for the first time facilitated the states to spend the funds given under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS).