A natural writer with a keen interest in the arts, Ratnottama Sengupta has been writing for newspapers and journals; participating in discussions on the electronic media; teaching mass communication and curating exhibitions on Indian art. She has written on Hindi films for Encyclopaedia Britannica: guest edited volumes on Indian cinema, and on sculpture for the Lalit Kala Akademi, served on five National Film Awards juries and herself won a National Award in 2001 for her writings on cinema.
Born in Mumbai on January 27, 1955, she did her MA in literature from Bombay University. In 1998 she did a fellowship in Oxford. Having extensively travelled through UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, she has written on the social and cultural life in these countries. Author of Krishna's Cosmos, the biography of pioneer printmaker Krishna Reddy, she has also edited a volume on Mumbai based artist Jehangir Jani. She is currently editing an Encyclopaedia on Indian Culture, The Arts Editor of The Times of India, she was recently presented the Bharat Nirman Award for Journalism.