[2] A sketch of the educationist Asutosh Mukherjee, 'Bengal Tiger',[4] won Bose a scholarship from the University of Calcutta to study art at the Royal Academy in London from 1924 to 1926.

He refused an invitation to help Mukul Dey decorate the pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition.

He was the founder member of the academy and he had also been the principal of the Government Art School, Calcutta during 1945–1948.

[2] Bose painted portraits from the original collections at the Windsor Castle and the Buckingham Palace under the commission of the Indian government.

[2] In 1921, Bose along with Bhabani Charan Laha set up Indian School of Oriental Art.