Raja Choudhury

• Name — Raja Choudhury • Birth Name — Ranjit Choudhury • Born — 11 June 1964 • Birthplace — Ibadan, Nigeria • Education — AA School of Architecture • Occupation — Filmmaker, Architect, Spiritual Teacher and Speaker • Spouse — Jagriti Chadha (2005 -)

In 1993 Choudhury, Mudimo Okondo, and Emma Westecott founded Zone UK, a digital design company in London. Choudhury designed the VID Zone Kiosk Network at Tower Records and HMV stores in London. The kiosk was described as "The Best Public Demo of Multimedia Ever" by Design Technology Magazine. In 1995 the team at Zone launched the UK's first CDROM Music & Lifestyle Magazine UnZip with IPC Magazines which was awarded a Milia D’Or at Mipcom in Cannes in 1996. Zone was the first company in the UK to introduce kiosk and the Internet into music stores, night clubs and university bars. In 1997 Zone installed multimedia kiosks in 10 London universities, providing the MeTV Network for students. Choudhury moved to New York City in 1998 and designed the FastTake Video Kiosk Network, the online launches of Softbank, NetValue and BT Conferencing, and became creative director for agencies Cohn & Wolfe and Converseon. In 2007 he designed Websites Webby Honorees in 2008: OurWeddingDay.com and CBCWorldwide.com. In 2008 he produced India's first multimedia broadband kiosk entertainment network for Coca-Cola called the Dilli Dil Se Network in time for the 2009 Indian Premier League offering videos, video chat, facts, results, games, social networking and mobile downloads. The touch-screen kiosks were available at 30 locations across New Delhi. Since 2009, Raja has continued to work in the digital space advising large brands and non-profit organizations including tGELF, Alchemist Group and The Shift Network.

• Year — Film/show — Role — Notes • 2000 — Desi: South Asians of New York PBS Doc — Coproducer/Art Director — First production on the South Asians of New York City; Culture Food, Politics, History. • 2006 — Spirituality in the Modern World: A Dialogue with Ken Wilber and Traleg Rinpoche — Producer and Director — (Documentary Film) • 2011 — I Believe: Universal Values for a Global Society — Producer and Director — Documentary Film on Dr. Karan Singh and his vision for India and Humanity. Launched by PM Manmohan Singh in 2012 • The Modern Mystic: Sri M of Madanapalle — Producer and Director — Documentary Film on spiritual teacher, educator, interfaith activist and beloved Guru to many, Sri M (Mumtaz Ali) • 2012 — The 21st Century Indian: Wisdom in Action S.M.Krishna — Producer and Director — Documentary Film on SM Krishna, the Chief Minister of Karnataka who was responsible for making Bangalore the Silicon Valley of India • 2013 — The Quantum Indians: Bose, Saha and Raman — Writer and Director — Documentary Film on the great Indian scientists Raman, Bose and Saha produced by PSBT and PD/XP of the MEA - winner of 2014 National Film Award for Best Educational Film of 2013 and winner of the Vigyan Prashar Golden Beaver Award for Best Science Film • Yoga: Aligning to the Source — Writer and Director — Documentary Film on the essence and origins of Yoga produced by PSBT and PD/XP of the MEA • 2015 — Yoga: Harmony wIth Nature — Writer and Director — Documentary Film on the origins, history, practice and worldwide spread of Yoga in celebration of the UN's International Day of Yoga on 21 June 2015 - produced by the PD/XP Division of the Ministry of External Affairs - Premiering June 2015 • 2017 — Devipuram: Guruji Amritananda — Writer and Director — Documentary Film on Guruji Amritananda, a nuclear physicist who became India's leading exponent of Sri Vidya and Goddess worship - produced by the Sri Vidya Trust. Premiered in 2017 • 2023 — America's First Guru — Writer and Director — Documentary Film on Swami Vivekananda and the story of how Yoga and Hinduism first came to America with his arrival in 1893 at the World's Parliament of Religions. Premiering in the fall of 2023 on PBS with WTTW Chicago as the presenting station. Will be shown theatrically worldwide and on PBS in the US.

• Year — Project — Role — Details and Awards • 1993-1997 — VID Zone Kiosk Network, UK — Creative Director and Founder — UK based Music Video and Interactive Touch Screen Kiosk Network at Tower Records, HMV Stores, Night Clubs, London University Bars and other Retail Outlets across London UK. Described as the "Best public demo of Multimedia ever" by Design Technology Magazine • 1995-1996 — UnZip CD ROM Music Magazine, UK — Creative Director and CoFounder with IPC Magazines — Europe's first CDROM Multimedia Magazine on Music, Lifestyle and Branded entertainment. Winner of Milia D'Orat MipCOM Cannes 1996 • 1999 — FastTake Video Kiosk Network, USA — Creative Director — Design of 300 touchscreen kiosk network for Video Retail across US market • 2000 — NetValue.com Launch — Creative Director — US Launch of leading Digital Metrics Company • 2001 — BTConferencing.com Launch — Creative Director — US Launch of BT's flagship online conferencing brand • 2004 — Softbank.com Redesign — Creative Director — Redesign of Global Bank Sofbank's online presence • 2005-2006 — Community Church of New York — Creative Director and Lead Strategist — Rebranding and redefining of vision for leading New York Unitarian Church and Community • 2006-2008 — OurWeddingDay.com — Creative Director — 2008 Webby Honoree Award Winner • 2007 — CBCWorldwide.com — Creative Director — 2008 Webby Honoree Award Winner for Coldwell Banker Commercial • 2009 — Coca-Cola Dilli-Dil Se Kiosk Network, India — Creative Director — Online touch screen multimedia network at 30 locations across New Delhi and Website celebrating Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL • 2011-2012 — AlchemistGroup.com, India — Creative Director — Redesign of online presence of US$2 Billion Indian conglomerate • 2012-2015 — tGELF.org, India — Creative Director — Online and Video launch of The Global Education and Leadership Foundation • 2015 — TheShiftNetwork.com, US — Creative Director — Redesign of one of US' largest Conscious Media company's online presence