abhijit banerjee was married to dr. arundhati tuli banerjee, a lecturer of literature at mit. abhijit and arundhati had one son together and later divorced. his son kabir banerjee (born 1991), from his first marriage, died in an accident in 2016. in 2015, banerjee married his co-researcher, mit professor esther duflo; they have two children. banerjee was a joint supervisor of duflo's phd in economics at mit in 1999. duflo is also a professor of poverty alleviation and development economics at mit.