Rangaraj Pandey

Rangaraj Pandey Ragunathacharya is an Indian journalist and actor.^[1]

Rangaraj Pandey
Pandey at the 12th We Awards 2016
Born	Rangaraj Pandey Ragunathacharya (1975-11-16) 16 November 1975 (age 49)[citation needed] Srivilliputhur, Tamilnadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Madurai Kamaraj University
Occupations	Former Editor-in-Chief of Thanthi TV Current Founder and CEO of Chanakyaa (YouTube Channel) Journalist
Years active	1998 – present
Notable credit(s)	Doubtu Dhanabalu, Ayutha Ezhuthu, Kelvikenna Bathil , Nerkonda Paarvai
Children	2

He started his career at Dinamalar and Visual Media Career at Thanthi TV. Later he started his YouTube channel Chankyaa Network.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education

He was born in a Brahmin family ^[2] of Bihari origin in Srivilliputhur.^[3] His parents, who were from Buxar district, Bihar, migrated to Tamil Nadu before his birth. He did his schooling at a Tamil medium government school in Srivilliputhur.^[4][5] He pursued a Master of Arts degree in Tamil literature, from Madurai Kamaraj University. Pandey currently resides in Chennai along with his family.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Pandey hosted Kelvikku Enna Badhil (transl. What is the answer to the question?) and Ayutha Ezhuthu on Thanthi TV.^[6]

He quit Thanthi TV on 9 December 2018.^[7]

He currently hosts a personal blog channel on YouTube called Chanakyaa.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Wagah	Himself	Uncredited role
2019	Nerkonda Paarvai	Advocate Sathyamoorthy		[8]
2020	Ka Pae Ranasingam	Tamizhkumaran		[9]

Awards and accolades

Year	Award	Honouring body
2018	The Most Talked About Host Award	Galatta Nakshathra Awards