“My sculptures are figurative or abstract. I normally try to maintain a balanced harmony between the medium and the idea.”

Rajnikant Panchal is considered as one of the most talented contemporary sculptors in the country. He has created sculptures through the casting and welding processes, resulting in three-dimensional entities, or by assembling pre-cut metal sheets of different metals and color quality and juxtaposing metals and color quality. He approaches his Sculptural forays with freedom, playfulness, and remarkable sensitivity. He trained under Professor Sankho Chaudhuri while he was also interested in Painting. Most of his sculptures reflect his interest in painting through the use of color as well as a linear and two-dimensional approach. His sculpture is relatively flat, one-sided, or in the form of a free-standing relief. Sometimes it stands between Sculpture and Painting, just as his birthplace, Dohad (meaning "two borders"), where Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh meet. Sculpture, in comparison to other visual arts, necessitates a higher level of technical proficiency. He experimented with various techniques and applied them to the art form.

He received the India cultural scholarship in 1961- 1963, and has won various awards such as

Bombay state and exhibition in 1960, The National award, New Delhi in 1960 and 1961, Paris Biennale in 1967 and Gujarat State Art exhibition 1961- 1975.