Sudhir Khastagir had his initial training in fine arts at Santiniketan, where he attended classes of intermediate arts (Humanities). He got admitted to the Kala Bhavan to study fine art under Nandalal Bose in 1929. After this, he went to Bombay to learn stone carving at the studio of the renowned sculptor Ganpat Kashinath Mahtre in 1933. Experience: Sudhir began his career as the art teacher at the Scindia School in Gwalior (1934); after two years he joined the staff of the Doon School where he taught for 20 years. On a traveling fellowship offered by the Deutsch Academy of Munich, he visited art institutions and museums in Europe (1937), and while having a solo show in London he met the renowned British sculptor Eric Gill. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London (1937). He was prolific in painting and sculpting, wrote many serious articles in important journals in Bengali and English. He was a fine flute player and singer of Tagore`s songs.