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New Delhi: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee visited his alma mater Jawaharlal Nehru University on Saturday. Banerjee, who completed his Masters in economics from JNU in 1983, arrived in the university early in the morning and later met Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, sources said. There was, however, no word from administration officials on his visit. Banerjee gave an interview to a news channel while he was on campus and visited the administration block, the sources said. While studying in JNU in 1983, Banerjee was among several students who had courted arrest following a standoff with the administration at the time..