At that time he and a few others formed the Calcutta Group which later played an important role in the evolution of art in India and Bengal.
[1][2][3] Due to his multifaceted talents, he has also made important contributions as a poet, writer, art critic and teacher.
After graduating from Calcutta University in 1932, he studied sculpture for two years at Lucknow School of Arts under Hiranmoy Roychaudhuri.
For example- Netaji's statue at the south-east of the Raj Bhavan at Dharmatala in Kolkata, West Bengal was sculpted by him.
He also designed the full-size white stone statue of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray in College Square, Kolkata.