Dr. Das was a Junior and a Senior Research Fellow while she pursued her MPhil and PhD. Her specialization is in Social Anthropology, particularly in Gender and Sociology of Menstruation. She has presented papers in National Seminars and has published papers in journals like Eastern Anthropologist and Indian Anthropologist. She has taught as a guest lecturer in Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi and has worked as a Programme Coordinator at Sarai, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. She has also worked as Editorial Assistant for the international peer-reviewed bi-annual journal Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies (published by Sage).