Global Academic Footprint
6 Nations · 4 ContinentsUnited States
Rollins College, Bloomsburg & Moreno Valley
Japan
Yamaguchi University (East Asian Studies)
United Kingdom
Brunel & Exeter Universities (UGC-UKERI)
Kenya
Nairobi & Mombasa (Plan Kenya / IREWOC)
South Korea
SolBridge International School of Business
Bangladesh
BRAC University & PKSF Microfinance
India’s Inaugural Global Links Scholar
“She was its first Indian scholar — establishing a bilateral corridor that empowered hundreds of female micro-entrepreneurs in Bengal.”
US Dept. of State · Global LinksIn January 2015 Dr. Banerjee became the first Indian scholar selected for Global Links, an eminent initiative of the US Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues run in partnership with Rollins College and Tupperware Brands Corporation.
Her tenure ran to March 2017 and commenced with a nine-month academic and executive immersion in Florida, investigating cross-sector social partnerships and women-led micro-enterprises.
The Guardian's Women in Leadership series profiled her selection and arrival in January 2015. At the culmination symposium in October 2016 at the American Center in Kolkata, she was felicitated by US Consul General Craig Hall.
Keynotes & Plenaries
ICRTBEV 2019
Lincoln University College, Malaysia
ISOL Chicago
Spirituality & Leadership
“US mentoring scheme to help female entrepreneurs in India”
Read Full Article →Transnational Research & Academic Alliances
Dual Fulbright Honors
Twice honored with prestigious Fulbright fellowships: as Visiting Faculty at Bloomsburg University (2005) and Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Moreno Valley College (2012).
East Asian Residencies
Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Yamaguchi University, Japan (2017-18) and SolBridge International School of Business, South Korea (2008).
African Fieldwork
Field-research resource person on child protection and community economics across Nairobi and Mombasa, convened with IREWOC (Univ. of Amsterdam) and Plan Kenya.
South Asian Alliances
Visiting Faculty at BRAC Business School, Dhaka, Bangladesh, investigating second-generation microfinance borrower ecosystems and rural credit cooperatives.
International Appointments & Field Residencies
Bloomsburg University
Aug – Dec 2005
SolBridge Intl. Business
Sep – Dec 2008
Moreno Valley College
Jan – Jun 2012
Yamaguchi University
Dec 2017 – Jan 2018
BRAC Business School
Sep – Dec 2006
IREWOC / Plan Kenya
Sep 2009
Rollins College & Tupperware
Jan 2015 – Mar 2017
