On 12 July 2016 she has been selected as the Director & Scientist G at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata.

During COVID19 pandemic, she was instrumental to lead the activities and services of NICED with respect to the prompt diagnosis of suspected cases of COVID, undertaking training of the laboratory personnel of all Govt and NGO health facilities of West Bengal on RT PCR assay for prompt diagnosis of the disease, distribution of diagnostic kits to West Bengal and other neighboring states, maintaining QA/QC assay.

She has spearheaded the research activities at NICED on the newly identified virus, encouraged to take part in the nationwide serosurvey, to validate the PCR kits and reagents, made in India.

Under her leadership NICED has been awarded with ABP Ananda Shiksha Samman 2022 for spreading Education in Eastern India.

Her son is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, a scholar with admits among the likes of Harvard, MIT, and Wharton.