Debi Karmakar is working as Research Assistant at the Centre for Governance studies since February 2023. She pursued her BSS and MSS at the International Relations Department of the University of at the International Relations Department of the University of Dhaka. She studied "Media and International relations "in her graduation phase which helped her better understand media literacy, the power of propaganda, and public diplomacy.

She has been facilitating regional dialogue and training sessions and contributing to the documentation of dialogues sessions for the training manual for the " Countering misinformation in Bangladesh" implemented by Centre for Governance Studies and funded by the U.S. Department of State. She coordinated as a ‘Communication Strategist’ in the ‘Bay of Bengal Conversation, 2023’, Flagship Project of CGS. Recently, she worked in “Bangladesh 2024 Election-Related Violence and News Reporting Analysis” a project Funded by ‘Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’. She contributed in the data collection of Bangladesh Election Commission Activities, election Day media monitoring and post-election media- monitoring activities.