Ray akadzidza paBallygunge Government High School, Calcutta, uye akapedza BA yake mune zvehupfumi paPresidency College, Calcutta ipapo yakabatana neYunivhesiti yeCalcutta, Kolkata) Kunyangwe hazvo kufarira kwake kwaigara kuri muhunyanzvi hwakanaka. Muna 1940, amai vake vakasimbirira kuti akadzidza kuVisva-Bharinikati paSantranetan, yakavambwa naRabath Tagore. Ray aive asina kugadzikana nekuda kwerudo rwake rweCalcutta uye pfungwa dzepfungwa dzevanhu. Gare gare, akauya kuSantranetan University, akawana rukudzo rukuru kubva kuna Amai vake, Mukunda Santora Mukunda.
Rabindranath Tagore