[citation needed] Sanjib Chattopadhyay spent his childhood in the hilly terrain of Chota Nagpur Plateau[2] under the care of his father after his mother died when he was five.

They relocated to Calcutta and he was admitted to Victoria Institution school which he joined at grade seven[clarification needed].

These aged characters create the spiritual and philosophical edge found in his novels Lotakambal (The Vessel and Quilt) and Shakha Prasakha (Branches).

Chattopdhyay's current writing is related to Ramkrishna Paramhansa Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda.

Some of his major works apart from the above-mentioned are: Apart from these, his notable juvenile literature includes the Ruku-Suku and Badomama-Mejomama series (recompiled & published as Mama Samagra by KGB Prakashani) which are fun-filled and analyse various philosophical aspects of life through the eyes of children.