Professor Chirantan Chatterjee has devoted his life to fulfilling the vision for justice of his countryman, the Nobel-Prize winning economist, Amartya Sen. From his early years as an engineer and journalist through his scholarly accomplishments as a Professor, Chirantan has been devoted to the joint achievement of access to essential medicines and innovation in their provision. This far-reaching, idea-rich, insightful conversation anchors on Sen’s famous thought experiment about who in a society should get a flute. The experiment reveals Chirantan’s inspiring commitment to the achievement of social justice by lowering the risks and costs of innovating and amplifying the impact of important, life-saving ideas especially in the most impoverished communities on the planet.

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