Surajit Mazumdar did his Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Before joining the ISID, he has had a teaching career spanning 14 years, almost entirely at the Department of Economics, Hindu College, University of Delhi.

His research interests lie in the areas of the Indian Corporate Sector and the Political Economy of Industrialization.