Family
Ashoke Kumar Sen was survived by his widow, Anjana (whom he married in 1943), and by his four children, and seven grandchildren including his namesake Ashok Vikramaditya Kumar Sen who is currently studying Law at Trinity College, Cambridge having previously attended the famous Harrow School
Besides his brother Sukumar Sen (Chief Election Commissioner, India), Ashoke Kumar Sen had another brother Amiya Kumar Sen, an associate of Rabindranath Tagore. Amiya, author of a book about the Tagore family newspaper, was formerly a lecturer at Calcutta University and Principal of the City College, Kolkata. Mr Sen is also uncle to Nobel Laureate Amartya Kumar Sen
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