He lectures at the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, and is a trainer for the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). He is currently working on heritage conservation and master plan projects in Myanmar, China and Malaysia and is also engaged in several research works on the use of nano-technology for the construction industry which include photocatalytic coating, aerogel and insulation coating. Tansen Sen is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the City University of New York. It was under his leadership at the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre in Singapore that some major research on the Chinese diaspora in Kolkata was done. He is in the Mentor Group, along with Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, of the upcoming Nalanda University.