Kausik Gupta completed MSc in Economics from University of Calcutta, PhD in Economics from Jadavpur University and Post Doctoral Research under World Bank sponsored Fellowship Programme from the University of York, UK. Currently he is Professor of Economics , University of Calcutta, and is serving this University since 5th July 2016. He has total teaching experience of more than twenty seven years and has taught at A. B. N. Seal College, Cooch Behar,Presidency College, Kolkata, Burdwan University, Rabindra Bharati University and also acted as Vice Chancellor of West Bengal State University. He has quite a large number of publications in various reputed national and international journals