Baidyonath Bhattacharya (23 November 1907 – 15 August 1978) popularly known as Bani Kumar[1] was a radio broadcaster, playwright, composer, radio script writer from Kolkata, India and a contemporary of Pankaj Mallick and Birendra Krishna Bhadra.
[5] Bani Kumar received his primary education at Howrah District School.
[5] He could not afford to study under the stress of the domestic life, he started working in the mint.
At that time Raichand Boral, Pankaj Mallick, Birendra Krishna Bhadra and other artists joined there in the interest of Nripendranath Majumdar, the officer in charge of the Indian ceremonial division of the radio station.
[6] Baidyanath joined as a writer staff artist and began his radio career under the name of Bani Kumar.