Education
Chatterjea studied philosophy at the University of Calcutta, India, and did her Doctorate.Phil. under distinguished scholar Professor Jitendra Nath Mohanty. Although her entire teaching career was spent as a part-time lecturer at her alma mater Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta, from where she stood first-class-first in Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy Honours), she had an active research career and had published many scholarly articles in peer reviewed Indian as well as international journals (including the Journal of Indian Philosophy).