Faculty Profile

An academician by profession, Dr. Somak Sen started his career as a reporter and copy editor with a web portal in Gurgaon, Haryana. Later Somak Sen worked as a reporter with Sakalbela, a bengali daily in Kolkata and The Hans India, Hyderabad at the capacity of Sub-editor. He covered various important issues and events inlcuding the death of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran in Sri Lanka, the 26/11 massacre in Mumbai, the 2009 Lok Sabha election from Barrackpore constituency of West Bengal, the upsurge of the Bangladesh Rifles against the Bangladesh Army in 2009, various transport related areas in Kolkata, etc. His passion for academics brought him to the world of academia once he had cleared UGC-NET and subsequently joined Ph.D programme in a reputed government-run university in Punjab. Presently he possesses more than 17.5 years of experience in teaching along with 5 years of industrial experience. He was awarded the prestigious Ph.D degree from the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab in 2017. His Doctoral research focusses on the use of social media by the political leaders and its influences on the voting behaviour of the people of Punjab. His research areas are political communication, sustainable development, public relations and media management. 

• Ph.D in Mass Communication from Guru Nanak Dev University in 2017
• MA in Mass Communication from The University of Burdwan in 2007
• MA in English from The University of Burdwan in 2004
• BA in English Honours from University of Calcutta in 2001

• Since 2nd Jul’18 -Assistant Professor – Level 11 at St. Xavier’s University Kolkata
• 8th Jan'18 to 15th May’18 - Assistant Professor at Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Punjab and Head of the Department
• 7th Mar’17 to 31st Dec'17 - Assistant Professor at Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur as Incharge of the Department
• 8th Jun’15 to 28th Feb’17 – Assistant Professor at St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad
• 5th Jan’15 to 30th Apr’15 – Assistant Professor at Lovely Professional University, Punjab
• 4th Dec’13 to 31st Dec’14 – Assistant Professor at Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun
• 12th Jul’12 to 30th Apr’13 & 22nd Jul’13 to 30th Nov’13 – Assistant Professor at Lovely Professional University, Punjab
• 26th Oct’09 to 21st Jun’12 – Lecturer (Part time) at Kidderpore College, Kolkata, West Bengal

• December 2021 to December 2024 and again from July 2025 to June 2026 as Special Officer (Additional Charge) in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor.
• Since 2019 as Teachers Representative of Alumni Association of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• Since 2024 as Secretary of Board of Studies in Department of Mass Communication, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• Since August 2018 as member of Board of Studies in Department of Mass Communication, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• July 2024 to June 2025 as Internship Coordinator of the Department of Mass Communication, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• 2019 to 2022 - Member of Board of Research, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• 2023 - Member of IQAC Committee of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• 2023- Member of IQAC NAAC Committee of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• July 2022 to June 2023 as Convener Magazine committee of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• December 2020 to December 2021 as Convener of Consultancy Committee in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• 2020 to June 2022 as working committee member of IQAC, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• January 2020 to June 2022 as member of Programme Monitoring Committee in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• 2020 to June 2022 as member of Sports Committee in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, July 2025 to till date again working as member of the Sports Committee.
• July 2019 to June 2023 as member of Journal Committee in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• August 2018 to June 2022 as Professor In Charge of Photography Society namely XPOSURE in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• August 2018 to June 2022 as member of Editorial Board of the Magazine Committee namely Xaveranium in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• July 2019 to July 2020, Jan’22 to Jun’22, July 2023 to June 2024 as Officer In Charge of Examination Cell in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• July 2019 to December 2019 as Professor In Charge of Students Board in St. Xavier's University, Kolkata.
• Jan 2018 to May 2018 at Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Punjab as Head, Dept of Mass Communication.
• March 2017 to December 2017 at Amity University Chhattisgarh as In Charge, Amity School of Communication.

• 1. Paul, Sreetama & Sen, Somak. (2026). Sustainable Living and Digital Health Awareness Through Social Media: A Study. St Xaviers University Kolkata Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Vol 4 (1). 147-174
• 2. Sen, Somak, Nazir, Arif. (2025). A textual analysis of selected newspaper reports on the Pahalgam terrorist attack in 2025. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT). 13 (6), d320-d327.
• 3. Sen, Somak. (2025). Government policies to support youth entrepreneurship and innovation: A study on Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. Mass Media. 14, 11-21.
• 4. Sen, Somak. (2024). Analysis of news content, style and phrases in selected Bengali dailies of Bangladesh: A study. Researcher, A Multidisciplinary Journal. XX (1) 38-62.
• 5. Sen, Somak. (2024). Corporate India During Lockdown: A Study on Selected Media Reportage. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts. 12 (4), e607-e614.

• UGC NET in 2011.