Ex-professor Shyamal Kumar Sen was born in the village Kasiani, now a sub-divisional town in the district Gopalganj, Faridpur, Bangladesh. He completed his Masters degree in Modern English from the University of Calcutta in the year 1965. After serving several institutions in the capacity of a faculty he retired from service from Barasat College in the year 2000. He had been the member of the post-graduate council, Calcutta University for two consecutive years.