Debapratim Purkayastha (Bengali: দেবপ্রতিম পুরকায়স্থ; born 1976) was a professor of strategy, academic leader and case method expert.

[3] He spent most of his childhood and did his early education in Guwahati, completing his BSc from Cotton College, Gauhati University.

[4] Purkayastha completed his MBA from Utkal University, and PhD from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.

[45][13] [46] In March 2018, Purkayastha received the Career360's “Faculty Research Awards”, which recognized India's top educators.

The award was presented by Prakash Javadekar, the then Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India.