Professor (Dr.) Manisha Pal has taught in the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta for a period of 39 years 4 months before retiring. Thereafter she joined the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata and served the department as a Senior Professor for two years. Currently she is an Adjunct Professor at the same department.
Dr. Pal is an active researcher, and has visited universities/Institutes in India and USA, UK, Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal to deliver invited talks in conferences/departments and also for collaborative research. She has been involved in organising many national and international conferences/symposia/workshops in Statistics. She has published more than 135 research articles in peer-reviewed international and national journals of repute, and three books till date. She has served as an Expert in the recruitment/interview Boards of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and has also been associated with the Staff Selection Commission, Eastern Region, Government of India. She has been awarded the Shiksha Ratna award by the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal in 2021 and the International Distinguished Research Excellence Award 2021 in Statistics by the Center for Professional Advancement, India She is an Executive President of the Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications, New Delhi, and an editor of the journals Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin and IAPQR Transactions. She is also an Elected Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, and has served as a Council member of the Academy.