Head of Research and Deputy Director, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Ms. Soma Mitra Mukherjee, Head of Research, The Bengal Chamber, has an experience of about two and half decades in this field, working across all States in India. Ms. Mitra Mukherjee is a PGDM in Mass Communication from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Soma joined The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2016 and currently holding the position of Deputy Director in the Chamber. Prior to joining the Bengal Chamber she has worked as a journalist for about 20 years. She has served as the Political Editor of Zee 24 Ghanta News Network and also worked as a Senior Correspondent for ANI- Reuters Television. Soma also writes for WFS (Women Feature Service) mainly on women and children in conflict zones and received The CARE- Women’s Feature Service Fellowship-2008 for covering women and children issues. She received The Best Journalist of West Bengal Award in the year 2014. Soma with her extensive experience in skill, socio economic and primary research domain is responsible to create industry resource cell along with Department of TET & Skill Development, Government of West Bengal on behalf of The Bengal Chamber. Soma is also an IVLP (International Visitor’s Leadership Programme, the US Dept of State’s premiere professional exchange programme) alumnus.