Ronu Majumdar, began playing the flute under the guidance of his father Dr. Bhanu Majumdar, Late Pt. Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale and finally under the revered Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao. His playing is solidly rooted in the Maihar gharana, which has thrown up musicians of the eminence of Pt. Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He has performed all over the world and has a number of released albums to his credit.
Among the several awards that have bestowed on him are the "Aditya Vikram Birla Award" in 1999 “Life-Time Achievement Award” by Sahara India Pariwar in 2001 and the prestigious “National Kumar Gandharva Award for the year 2005-06”