Biography
Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee is Professor of Business Management in the Department of Business Management at the University of Calcutta, where she has taught since 1990. She became Professor in 2011 and has been Head of Department since July 2023, having also held the post from 2012 to 2014. She directs the university's MBA (HRD) programme.
She qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India with Rank 1 in the 1990 final examination, and holds a Ph.D. in Management and a B.Ed., M.Com. and B.Com. (Hons.) — all from the University of Calcutta — together with a Mini MBA from Rollins College, Florida.
Her international record includes two Fulbright awards (Bloomsburg University, 2005; Moreno Valley College as Scholar in Residence, 2012) and selection in January 2015 as the first Indian Global Links Scholar of the US Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues, a tenure that ran to March 2017. She has held visiting appointments in Japan, South Korea and Bangladesh, and ran field-research workshops in Kenya.
Her research on women's entrepreneurship, microfinance, social entrepreneurship and impact investing has been commissioned by the World Bank, the National Commission for Women, ICSSR, UGC and the Asiatic Society. She has supervised around thirty doctoral candidates, nineteen of whom have been awarded. Outside the university she chairs the Academic Council of Globsyn Business School and serves on a Government of India research advisory board.
She has been a member of the Bharat Scouts and Guides for forty years and trains Girl Guides. She received the President's Award as a Guide in 1982.
Education
| Qualification | Institution | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. in Management | University of Calcutta | — |
| Mini MBA | Rollins College, Florida, USA | — |
| FICWA (final examination 1990) | Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India | Rank 1 |
| B.Ed. | University of Calcutta | First Class |
| M.Com. | University of Calcutta | First Class |
| B.Com. (Hons.) | University of Calcutta | First Class |
| Higher Secondary | WBCHSE | First Division |
| Madhyamik | WBBSE | First Division |
Appointments
| Period | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 – | Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta | Head of Department |
| 2012 – 2014 | Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta | Head of Department |
| 2011 – | Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta | Professor |
| 2000 – 2016 | Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta | Assistant Professor |
| 1997 – 1999 | Bangabasi College of Commerce | Lecturer |
| 1990 – 1997 | Shri Shikshayatan College; Department of Commerce, University of Calcutta | Part-time and contractual |
Concurrent roles: Director of the MBA (HRD) programme; Chairperson of the Academic Council, Globsyn Business School; member of a Government of India research advisory board; and member of governing bodies, research advisory committees and selection committees at institutions within and outside West Bengal.
International appointments
| Period | Institution | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2017 – Jan 2018 | Yamaguchi University, Japan | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of East Asian Studies |
| Jan 2015 – Mar 2017 | Rollins College and Tupperware Brands, USA | Global Links Scholar, US Department of State |
| Jan – Jun 2012 | Moreno Valley College, California | Fulbright Scholar in Residence |
| Sep 2009 | Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya | Resource person, IREWOC / University of Amsterdam / Plan Kenya |
| Sep – Dec 2008 | SolBridge International School of Business, South Korea | Visiting Faculty |
| Sep – Dec 2006 | BRAC University, Dhaka | Visiting Faculty |
| Aug – Dec 2005 | Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania | Fulbright Visiting Faculty |
Awards
- 1982 — President's Award, Bharat Scouts and Guides, presented by President Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
- 1990 — Rank 1, final examination, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India
- 2005 — Fulbright Scholarship
- 2012 — Fulbright Scholar in Residence
- 2015–2017 — First Indian Global Links Scholar, US Department of State
Research and publications
More than fifty publications are recorded for 2015–25, including four books and edited volumes and chapters with Routledge, Springer, Bloomsbury, Palgrave Macmillan, Edward Elgar and IGI Global. Google Scholar records 502 citations, an h-index of 9 and an i10-index of 9 as of 27 September 2026.
Professor & Head, Department of Business Management
University of Calcutta