• 2019 – 2020: Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE), CII
• Analyst, executing research studies, analysing & interpreting the findings and support in proposal writing
• Conducted an end-term research to distil good practices emerging out of a social project to enhance the adaptive capacity and resilience of small and marginal farmers in West Bengal, India
• Conducted research with last mile women entrepreneurs for a project on clean energy and climate adaptive solutions in Bihar, India
• Conducted research with rural lower-income women in agri-business value chains for a project towards scaling up women-led climate resilient farming model in drought-prone areas of Maharashtra, India
• Undertook desk research:
• To understand the present scenario women micro and nano entrepreneurs in India
• To understand the level of digital inclusion among rural Indian women
• To understand the achievements and shortcomings of DAY-NRLM
• To understand the achievements and workings of an international non-profit foundation to fortify edible oil in India
• To critically analyse the achievements and shortcomings of Mission Shakti in Odisha, India
• To understand the concept of Financial Heath as defined by UNCDF
• 2019- 2020: Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE), CII

• Conducted research with farmers and agricultural marketing board officials for a project towards optimising usage and efficiency of agricultural markets in West Bengal, India

1. Basu, S., Bhagawan, P., & Mukhopadhyay, J. P. (2025). Bankruptcy Reform and Audit Fees: Evidence from Quasi-natural Experiment in India. Finance Research Letters, 107512.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.107512
2. Majumdar, D., & Basu, S. (2023). Exchange Rate Uncertainty and India’s Bilateral Trade: A Gravity Model Approach.Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 0(0). 
   https://doi.org/10.1177/09767479231178953

1. 2025 (forthcoming):  European Financial Management Association 2025  Annual Meeting  , Athens, Greece
2. 2024:  European Financial Management Association 2024 Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
3. 2024:  World Finance Conference, Cyprus (virtual)
4. 2024:  Vietnam Symposium in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Innovation, Vietnam (virtual)

1. 2025: Doctoral Colloquium on Financial Markets & Corporate Finance 2025, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
2. 2024: 6^thInternational Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Financial Markets & Corporate Finance, DMS&IE, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
3. 2024: India Finance Conference
4. 2024: XKDR Forum’s Workshop on Insolvency and bankruptcy reforms in India:10 years after IBC
5. 2024: Annual Research Workshop on Insolvency and Bankruptcy organized jointly by IIM Ahmedabad and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
6. 2023: International Conference on Management Research, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
7. 2021: 7^th International Conference on EmpiricalIssues International Trade and Finance conducted by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Soumyabrata has a strong affinity towards drama, music and art. He has been part of a theatre group in Kolkata where he has performed in eleven shows. He is still enthusiastic about the theatre, and wishes to rejoin again at the appropriate time. Apart from this, in his leisure, he likes to rhyme words to compose poetries. On a trip, he will look for opportunities to capture the beauty of Nature with his camera. Thus, all things that is artistic and cultural, is what interests Soumyabrata.

Academic Background:

1. MA in Economics, St Xavier’s University, Kolkata
2. BSc in Economics, Bidhannagar Govt College, Kolkata