Born in Jaipur and brought up in Kolkata Rinku Bhattacharya is a well known exponent of classical and folk dances of India. She has displayed her talent in various live showes and television programmes .

She is a trained classical kathak dancer , a disciple of Late Guru Laxminarayanji Of Gunijan khana of Jaipur –Rajasthan and have performed various classical and Rajasthani folk dances in various places across India like Kolkata , Mumbai , Jaipur , Manipur, Allahabad, Assam and Orissa and have received appreciation from one and all including well known exponents of classical dances like Guru Bipin Singh of Manipuri dance , Guru Chitresh Das and Bela Arnab of (dean of kathak dance department of Rabindra Bharati university of kolkata ) and from the very famous dance choreographer Saroj khan of the Film fraternity .

Awards and recognitions received

• Cretificate of honour from late Guru Bela Arnab (Dean of kathak dance division of Rabindra Bharati University .

• Appreciation for solo kathak dance performance in Gyan manch in kolkata by Pabitra Sarkar (ex vice chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University and other foreign dignitories .Critics applause was published in “The Statesman”.

• Certificate of honour from Kundan Natya Sansad of Jaipur .

• Certificate for dance performance from St xaviers college.

• Won first prize in dance competition organized by Uttam Kumar Chalachitra Prasad Sansad .

• Won prize in Manipuri dance from Paschim Banga Sangeet Natak Academy

• Won prize and scholarship for solo kathak performance in Rabindra Sadan from Ex governer of West BengalShri B D Pande .

• Won award of SCB Idol for her exceptional performance of kathak dance from the famous choreographer Saroj khan , film director Ken Ghosh and famous music director Jatin Lalit in the all India competetion organized by Standard Chartered Bank with participation by more than 3000 artistes all over the country in 2005 .

Profile as an Actress

She has displayed her talent in various live showes and television programmes. As per her acting capabilities she has been casted in main roles of a heroine in various telefilms and dramas.

Some of the major programmes which have brought her recognition as an actress through television are daily soaps like “Aloukik” and “Crime Diary” in ETV , “Police files” in Akaash bangla channel , Telefilms like “Brishti aschhe” and “Kuasha Periye” in Channel Vision ,directed by renowned directors like Arindam Basu , Shyamal Banerjee, Swagata Dasgupta and Arijit Dasgupta .

She has also worked as an anchor in a famous daily news based programme called “Tarar Chokhe” in Tara Bangle channel directed by Arindam Basu .