Prof. Sankar Kumar Sanyal was born on 30 July, 1948 into a family of landlords of Howrah and Midnapore. His father, Late Acharya Dr. Sailendranath Sanyal, philosopher of repute and activist of Quit India Movement of 1942 renounced the material life in his middle age and devoted rest of his life as a sanyasin dispensing with all pleasures of life including huge tracks of land bequeathed to him by his forebears. They settled in Ghusuri, Howrah an industrial suburb of Kolkata and earned a niche for himself and his extended family. Sanyals of Ghusuri, Howrah are well known in the district as they have been closely associated
During this period he came into the close proximity of renowned Gandhians of the State like Sri Prafulla Chandra Sen, Sri Sitaram Sakseria, Sri Charu Chandra Bhandari, Sri Sakti Ranjan Bose, Sri Kshitish Roychowdhury, Sri Rakhal Chandra Dey, Sri Panna Lal Dasgupta, Justice Sankar Prasad Mitra, Ms. Ashoka Gupta all of who had impeccable credentials and also has had the unique opportunity to work closely as chief functionary under the able leadership of such eminent Gandhian personalities and others. This association with so many
