[1][2] Born in Kolkata, Bhattacharji initially studied English due to scholarship restrictions but later pursued a master's degree in Sanskrit privately.
Sukumari Bhattacharji was born to Christian parents Sarasi Kumar and Santabala Dutta in Kolkata.
She married Prof. Amal Kumar Bhattacharji and joined as professor of English at Lady Brabourn College.
This work was based on her doctoral thesis regarding the relationship, formation and coherence of Bramha, Vishnu and Maheswar against time in society in the year 1964.
[5] As the part of her social activism with collaboration with Yasodhara Bagchi, she had formed Sachetana in 1982 to provide aid to the under privileged girls for making them self-sufficient.