She also obtained first class Master's Degree in Economics from Jadavpur University.A Reader and Head of the Department of Economics in a leading college of Calcutta, she has acquired a Ph.D. She stood third in West Bengal in the Humanities Group and came first among the girls in H.S. She has an outstanding academic career too. Award for three consecutive years, Uttamkumar and Hemanta Memorial Award, Ujala Anandalok Award, Michael Award, Ananda Sangeet Critics Award, Gouriprasanna Award, Lions Award, Pramathesh Barua Award and lately Alfa Gourab Award and many more such recognition.
She is a regular playback singer for Bengali and Hindi films (about 135 till date) and TV serials (150 till date) and recipient of many awards, including the Double Gold Disc, B.F.J.A. She has, to her credit, a number of records, CDs and audio cassettes. Her live performances all over India and in various cities of the USA, BANGLADESH, UK and UAE have won the hearts of many. Her Hindi renditions of the songs of Tagore and Nazrul have been appreciated by music lovers.
Her professionalism and dedication to her music has been a legacy of these great musicians. Biman Mukherjee has also been her mentor in a variety of Bengali songs like Toppa, Thungri and Raag Pradhan. In Rabindrasangeet she was trained under the tutelage of the Legend Late Debabrata Biswas, while Late Bibhuti Dutta trained her in classical, Purabi Dutta guided her In Nazrulgeeti. Her initial lessons started at home with guidance from her mother. She has excelled not only in songs of Tagore and Nazrul, but in Bhajans, Geets, Ghazals, Modern Bengali Songs, devotional and many other forms of light classical music. Indrani Sen, daughter of Sumitra Sen, one of the eminent exponents of Rabindrasangeet, is possibly the most talented young female vocalist, for her distinctive style combined with well- modulated delivery.