Enakshi Sengupta

Enakshi Sengupta is an independent researcher and scholar. She is the CEO & Founder of Borders Without Barbed Wires, a not-for-profit organization that believes in the accessibility of education for the vulnerable and the marginalized. Dr. Sengupta brings 25 years of experience working both in the corporate world and in the academic environment. She is a PhD holder from University of Nottingham and has completed her MBA from the same university. She worked with American University of Afghanistan as the Chair of Business Department and Director of the MBA programme. Enakshi also has a master's degree in English Literature from Calcutta University and two undergraduate degrees in English literature and Education. She has several professional diplomas in marketing and public relations from the UK. Enakshi also works as the Associate Editor of the book series Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Emerald Publishing and has till date worked as the lead editor and lead author of 38 books under this series. She is also the Managing Editor of Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education from Emerald Publishing. She has contributed several journals and book chapters for Routledge, Springer, Palgrave and Cambridge Publishing. Enakshi has been lauded with several international awards.

Publications

Resilience of Educators in Extraordinary Circumstances: War, Disaster, and Emergencies
Resilience of Educators in Extraordinary Circumstances: War, Disaster, and Emergencies
Enakshi Sengupta, Arni Thor Arnthorsson. © 2024. 305 pages.
In August 2021, Afghanistan found itself in the grip of an unprecedented crisis as the Taliban swiftly regained control of the nation, quickly extinguishing the flame of academic...
Creating an Agile University During COVID: A Case Study of the American University of Afghanistan
Creating an Agile University During COVID: A Case Study of the American University of Afghanistan
Enakshi Sengupta, Victoria Fontan. © 2022. 11 pages.
The world has seen conflict and political instability since World War II, but currently the world is uniting to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, although education has suffered with...
Islamophobia and Mobility of Kurdish Students From Northern Iraq
Islamophobia and Mobility of Kurdish Students From Northern Iraq
Enakshi Sengupta. © 2018. 18 pages.
In the year 2015, it was estimated that more than 5 million students were studying outside their home countries. After the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 Kurdistan...