He is known for some impressive biographies, written in Hindi, namely Shashwat Vidrohi Rajneta based on life and acts of Gandhian socialist Acharya J.

He was a close associate of the Indian freedom fighter and political leader Jayaprakash Narayan and was also part of a Steering Committee of JP Movement.

[2] In January 2025, Shri Ram Bahadur Rai was conferred with India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.

Ram Bahadur Rai led a student movement to oppose this move which was shelved after rising protest.

In the year 2015 Government of India appointed Ram Bahadur Rai as the president of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) executive committee.

It was Ram Bahadur Rai under whose leadership students' leaders of many organisations met JP and requested him to lead the movement.