Born at Borim on November 12, 1924, Bhiku has taught for 35 years and has been active in the field of education for the last 66 years. He taught in a public school in Nashik for six years and subsequently was the principal of a high school and junior college in Nashik. Incidentally, he was a founder member of the Vidya Vinay Sabha that started the first night school in Mumbai in 1947.