Faculty Profile

Dr Damayanti Sen is currently appointed as Assistant Professor in Economics under Faculty of Arts and Social Studies at St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata. She completed her schooling in 2005 from South Point High School and thereafter graduated in 2008 with B.Sc Honours in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata under University of Calcutta. Her aptitude for Mathematical Economics and Econometrics motivated her to pursue her Master’s degree in Quantitative Economics at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. After completing her M.S.Q.E degree from ISI, Kolkata, in 2010, she qualified WBSET and UGC-NET and joined the teaching profession. She has over ten years’ of teaching experience. She completed her PhD from RBU in 2021. She was associated as a post-doctoral fellow (Social Science) at WBNUJS in 2023.

• M.S.Q.E (ISI Kolkata), 2010
• PhD (RBU), 2021
• Post-Doctoral Fellow (Social Science), WBNUJS, 2023

• Assistant Professor at St. Xavier's University, Kolkata (2024 - till date)
• Assistant Professor at The Bhawanipur Education Society College (2012 - 2021)

• Co-convener of 6th Annual Economics Summit 2026, organized by the Department of Economics, SXUK, on 25.3.2026
• LMS Coordinator of Economics Department at SXUK

• (2016) “Higher education policies: The Indian experience since Independence”, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Education and Research, (Damayanti Sen), Vol. 1 (10), Pp 15-21, ISSN: 2455-4588
• (2018) “Assessment of Quality in Higher Education in India”, International Journal of Research in Engineering, IT and Social Sciences, (Damayanti Sen), Vol. 8 (8), Pp 120-122, ISSN: 2250-0588
• (2019) “Higher Education in India – A Critical Appraisal”, Think India, (Damayanti Sen), Vol. 22 (14), Pp 553-578, ISSN: 0971-1260
• (2020) “Higher Education in West Bengal – A Critical Appraisal”, Studies in Indian Place Names, (Damayanti Sen), Vol. 40 (60), Pp 529-544, ISSN: 2394-3114
• (2020) “Gujaratis in Bengal: An Overview so far”, Gujaratis: Perspectives on a Domiciled Community’s History, Culture and Contribution to Kolkata, (Damayanti Sen and Dr Ivy Das Gupta), Edited by Debjani Ganguly, Piu Chatterjee, Dr Soumya Bhattacharjee, The Research and Publication Cell, The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata, Pp 25-50, ISBN: 978-93-87852-89-1