Born in 1957, graduated from Govt. College of Art & Craft, recipient of a Senior Fellowship from the Govt. of India in 2000. He has done several solo shows including at Gallery 88 (Kolkata), Gallery Espace (New Delhi), Gallery Kunst im Kotten (Soligen, Germany) and two-man shows in Bagas Art Gallery (Dubai, 2007), NABC (Houston, USA, 2006), Art Two (Singapore, 1998), etc. He has also participated in many group shows in India and abroad, including Visual Venture by Dr. Saba Gulraiz at Emami Chisel (Kolkata), and Go see Contemporary Indian Art at the Scandinavian Gallery (Sweden). His work is collected by the National Gallery of Modern art, as well as many private and corporate collectors.