Ram Gopal Bajaj was a famous theatre personality born in the year of 1940. He acted as an actor, director, academician, administrator, and also translator in Hindi theatre. He was born in Darbhanga, Bihar. Ram Gopal Bajaj was graduated from Bihar University in 1960 and joined the National School of Drama (NSD), from where he specialized in acting in 1965. He started his career as an actor in its repertory company for two years and was a founder member of the theatre group Dishantar in 1967. He taught drama in a school from 1969 to 1973, producing around fifty plays with children. Then he taught theatre at Punjab University, Chandigarh, and Panjabi University, Patiala, where he headed the drama department, before joining NSD as professor of acting. He became NSD`s Director in the year 1996-2001. During his tenure, he started a large-scale annual national theatre festival and boosted NSD`s publication programme by launching the journals Rangprasang and Theatre India, in Hindi and English respectively. He also brought out books on theatre.

As an actor, Bajaj has a diverse repertoire. He is remembered as Yuyutsu in Dharamvir Bharati`s Andha yug i.e. `Blind Age` in 1963, Debu in Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay`s Ganadebata i.e. `People, the God` in 1967, Devadatta in Girish Karnad`s Hayavadan in 1972, and particularly for Vijay Tendulkar`s Ghashiram Kotwal, in the lead in 1973 and as Nana Phadnavis in 1993 revival. Classical and historical material mark his directorial work, notably Mohan Rakesh`s Ashadh ka ek din i.e. `One Day in Ashadha` in 1970, Surendra Vermas Surya ki antim kiran se surya ki pahli kiran tak i.e. `From the Sun`s Last Ray to the Sun`s First Ray` in 1974, Jaishankar Prasad`s Dhruvswamini in 1975 and Skandgupta in 1977, and Verma`s Qaid-e-hayat i.e. `Imprisonment of Life` in 1989. He also performs on radio, television and in films, and is an esteemed elocutionist.