Meera Mukherjee (1923–1998) was an Indian sculptor[1] and writer, known for bringing modernity to the ancient Bengali sculpting art.

[2] She received the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1992 for her contributions to Arts.

[7] Following here first solo exhibition in 1952, she received an Indo-German Fellowship in 1953 to hone her skills at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.

[8] She returned to India in 1957 and took up the job as an art teacher at Dowhill School, Kurseong where she stayed till 1959.

From 1961 up until 1964, she worked as a Senior Research Fellowship at the ASI and continued to conduct surveys on metal-craftsmen across India and Nepal.

During her tenure as a Senior Fellow, she was also closely associated with the promoters of 'living traditions' such as Prabash Sen and Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.