He later graduated from Asutosh College, and earned a bachelor's degree in science from the University of Calcutta in 1931.  1931 - 1948 .Also seen is Akshay Kumar Nandi  After leaving college, he worked as the Secretary to the then Mayor of Calcutta Sri Santosh Kumar Basu. Out of his literary inclinations, he associated with literary conferences and Bengali literature fora. The 12th Prabasi Banga-Sahitya Sammelan was inaugurated by Rabindranath Tagore in Calcutta, December 1934 "(Photo : The Reception Committee was chaired by Ramananda Chatterjee)". On completion of Mr Basu's term as Mayor, he became the Liaison Officer of Civil Defense and in the Publicity Section of the Commercial Museum. In 1942, he moved to the Home Department of the then Bengal Government as Liaison Officer, Civil Defense. The concept of Civil Defence owes its origin to erstwhile ARP Organisation raised and operated during World War II (1939–45) to safeguard the life and property of the civilian population and train the citizens to handle war time crisis. At this time, Japan had overrun Burma and the threat of bombing was looming large on Calcutta. Eventually Japanese aircraft bombed Budge Budge (south of Calcutta). A Bengali folk rhyme  captures this World War II event: The bombing led to widespread panic - over a million people fled from the city and there was a huge pressure on civic authorities to control the situation. Indian Civil Defence Department expanded at a rapid pace to counter these threats and planned lighting restrictions, medical platoons, fire-fighting and rescue units. At the end of the war, the department was wound down starting 1947. Subsequently, he tested his skills of entrepreneurship through a venture "(Cine Furnishers Limited)" with a couple of friends . It is here that he came in close contact with people of the Bengali film industry of Kolkata. EIMPA  Enthused with these contacts, he joined an association of producers, distributors and exhibitors of Bengal (Bengal Motion Pictures Association) in 1948 as Secretary  while Sri B. N. Sircar was the President. Next year he started the "BMPA journal" and was the editor  for more than two decades. The Association was working on a rented premises at 125, Dharamtolla Street "(now Lenin Sarani)" which was moved to 2, Madan Street, Calcutta.