Dr. U.K. Sen retired as Special Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. Dr. Sen is B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics from University of Calcutta, Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration and Ph.D. from South Gujarat University.

Dr. Sen has been Member of Central Board of Excise and Customs(CBEC) and Institution Development Specialist of Asian Development Bank(ADB). He held the position of CMD in Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI). As a Member to Central Board of Excise and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, he was instrumental in  framing of country’s trade and tariff policies with special reference to trade facilitation and trade expansion issues; Special Economic Zones, Software Technology Parks, human resource development & management through training, restructuring of civil service personnel administration, overseeing a workforce of 70000 civil servants etc.

As CEO of FCI, he has varied experience in issues relating to public sector management reform and matters relating to corporate planning, disinvestment and restructuring. As a consultant to ADB, he advised the Bank in assessing tariff and trade related matters and undertook a detailed study on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) for the GMS Trade Facilitation Working Group.

As a visiting faculty, he delivered lectures on issues covering international trade facilitation, GATT & WTO issues, export import policy in IIM (Bangalore), International Management Institute, New Delhi and MDI, Gurgaon. Dr. Sen has various publications to his credit which include deregulation in a World of Trade Blocs; Disaster Management; Backwater Trading on post Doha initiatives; Ten Commandments to make SEZ work etc.