Bijoy Sarkar (born Bijay Krishna Adhikari; 20 February 1903 – 4 December 1985) was a Bengali poet, baul singer, lyricist and composer.

[1][2] Sarkar was born in Dumdi village, Jessore District, British India (now Narail District, Bangladesh).

[3] He studied at Tabra Primary School, taught there briefly, later worked as a rent collector, and participated in stage performance and folk songs.

[1] Sarkar was awarded the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's highest civilian award for contribution in the field of arts, posthumously in 2013.

[3] Sk Makbul Islam's article "Methodological Understanding of Researches Executed on Bijay Sarkar", published in 'Folklore and Folkloristics', Vol.