1. Raja Choudhury was born on Ranjit Choudhury, 11 June 1964 and is a National Film Award winning documentary film maker, architect, public speaker, spiritual teacher on The Shift Network, and designer of multimedia installations and events and Web sites, some of which have received Webby Awards.
Raja Choudhury produces international documentary films on Indian wisdom, history and consciousness.
Raja Choudhury is a teacher at A Thousand Suns Academy teaching advanced programs and workshops in Indian wisdom and meditation.
Raja Choudhury was born in Ibadan, Nigeria to Indian parents Sukumar and Manjusri Choudhury on 11 June 1964.
Raja Choudhury's father was a UN expert on deputation to the WHO from India.
Raja Choudhury went on to study architecture at the AA School of Architecture in 1984 in London, UK where he graduated in 1992.
Raja Choudhury designed the VID Zone Kiosk Network at Tower Records and HMV stores in London.
Since 2009, Raja Choudhury has continued to work in the digital space advising large brands and non-profit organizations including tGELF, Alchemist Group and The Shift Network.
Raja Choudhury went on to produce numerous videos for the American India Foundation, the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center and others.
In 2010 Raja Choudhury produced his second documentary film "I Believe: Universal Values for a Global Society" on the beliefs of Karan Singh.
Raja Choudhury produced 2 acclaimed films on Yoga Yoga: Aligning to the Source on the origins, mythology, practice, and history of Yoga was launched on 26 November 2013 and includes appearances by BKS Iyengar, Karan Singh and Devdutt Pattanaik and India's official film celebrating the International Day of Yoga entitled Yoga Harmony with Nature which was released on 21 June 2015.
In 2024, Raja Choudhury completed the production of a film for Public Television in the US called America's First Guru, which tells the story of Swami Vivekananda and how his arrival in Chicago in 1893 led to a spiritual revolution in American culture, words, and consciousness.
In May 2012, Raja Choudhury presented a talk at the TED conference TED@Bangalore on "Indian Wisdom in Today's World".
Raja Choudhury gave a TEDx Talk on "Yoga 3.0" in New Delhi on 21 June 2015 to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga.
In 2015, Raja Choudhury started leading talks and workshops in New Delhi under the Universal Quest banner and they were made available on YouTube attracting thousands of views.
In 2019, Raja Choudhury started teaching an Advanced Program on Indian Wisdom on a new online school A Thousand Suns Academy that represents him in the US.
Raja Choudhury married designer Jagriti Chadha in 2005, and they have a daughter and live in the United States.