[2] She read about the Chandrayaan mission as a student and became interested in joining the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2004.
[4] Dutta obtained her M Tech degree in Applied Physics from the Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta.
Since then she has been involved in many prestigious projects like Oceansat, Resourcesat, HySAT, Chandrayan I and Mars Orbiter Mission.
[3] Presently she is also leading a team in the indigenous development of optical instruments (i.e. imaging spectrometers) and working towards the realisation of the ‘Make in India’ concept.
Her research area includes miniaturisation of gas sensors which involves state-of-the-art technologies in the field of optics.