He was born in Kolkata, Sakti Burman graduated from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata in 1956. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. His works have been exhibited at the Grand Palais, Paris (1975, 1994) and the French Biennales of 1963, 1965 and 1967. His works have been shown in museums in France including the Musee de Blois, the Musee de Villeneuve-sur-Lot, the Musee Denon and the Chalon-sur-Rhone. Sakti Burman lives and works in Paris.