Born in 1906 in Bankura (West Bengal), Ramkinkar Baij completed his Diploma in Fine Arts from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, 1925. He was appointed as the Head of Department of Sculpture at the Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He was a Fellow at the Lalit Kala Akademi, 1976 and Member of Indian Sculptors Association, Mumbai. The Government of India honoured him with �Padma Bhushan� in 1970. He exhibited his works in several solo and group shows nationally and internationally at Paris, London and Tokyo. A retrospective of his works was held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi in 1990. He passed away in 1980.