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most of the developmental economists are therefore from bengal
DSE wanted to emulate this model and has been successful to an extent
"Sen...is sometimes described as the Mother Teresa of economics. But she did a lot of good at the micro level, whereas (as I discuss below) his policy prescriptions have done huge damage instead. Let us not insult Mother Teresa."
https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/amartya-sen-bhagwati-academic-debate-gets-caught-in-politics/story-cJT45F1gbCJJhQB0mb8YSM.html
Then let's not forget his political bias. Attacking Modi but silent on the violence and corruption in Bengal.
Banerjee is good and does not show such political bias. But I have reservations about his morals (Duflo was his former student and co-researcher when he got her pregnant, while still married to his wife: see links below).
https://www.project-syndicate.org/blog/esther-s-baby
https://www.ft.com/content/81804a1a-6d08-11e1-ab1a-00144feab49a
Jagdish Bhagwati
Raghuram Rajan
Manomohan Singh
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Meghnad Desai
P. N. Dhar
and countless more non Bengalis have made it.