Uma Das Gupta retired as Research Professor from the Social Science Division, Indian Statistical Institute. Professor Das Gupta has also taught at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata, and at the Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan. Apart from writing several books and chapters in edited volumes, she has served the United States Educational Foundation in India as regional director for eastern India, and has held the Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University and Columbia University.