Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Abhijit Banerjee onTuesday, the Nobel Prize winner for Economics. Modi called the meeting 'excellent'adding that they had a healthy and extensive interaction on various subjects.

In a tweet, Modi said, "Excellent meeting with Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee. His passion for human empowerment is clearly visible. We had a healthy and extensive interaction on various subjects. India is proud of his accomplishments. Wishing him the very best for his future endeavors."

The Indian-origin Nobel laureate called on the PM inhis first visit to the country after the announcement of the award last week.

Abhijeet Banerjee, along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer was awarded the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their approach to alleviate global poverty.

Banerjee studied at the University of Calcutta,Jawaharlal Nehru University and is a professor at the Massachusetts.

The Nobel winner has come in for some criticism as well for his comments on the Indian economy. Banerjee, in a presentation, said that the Indian economy was doing very badly and it was going into a tailspin.

Reacting to this statement, Union minister PiyushGoyal said last week that he did not take Banerjee's criticism of India'seconomic policies and the economic slowdown seriously as he belongs to Leftideology which has been rejected by India.