Santanu Nandan Dinda was born in 1966 in Jamshedpur. He is a science graduate, later he received a Diploma in Fine Arts from Tagore School of Art & Craft, Jamshedpur in 1989. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, the recent being, ‘Mystic Colours’ at Agrasen Bhavan, Gandhidham, Gujarat, in 2011; ‘Montage’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2010; ‘Verse on Canvas’, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2010; NCPA, Mumbai presented by Samanavi Art Gallery, 2007; Orchid Art Gallery, Jamshedpur, 2007; ‘Ascent of Art’, annual show of Samanvai Art Gallery, Jaipur, 2007; Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneswar, 2005.

Santanu’s works are in collection with art lovers in India, Hong Kong and Hungary.