A representative of Farukhabadgharana, Subhankar is an highly talented tabla player. He received his initial training from his father, Sunil Kumar Banerjee. Later he continued his training under the guidance of PreetimoyGoswami and Swapan Siva.Subhankar has performed with distinguished vocalists such as PanditJasraj, AjoyChakrabarty, Rashid Khan, and with instrumentalists such as N. Rajam (violin), Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar), HariprasadChaurasia (flute), RonuMajumdar (flute), ShahidParvez (sitar), Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (guitar), and Shivkumar Sharma (santoor). He has been on concert tours with many of these artistes many times over.