RAJ HAS BEEN THINKING, TALKING AND DREAMING CARS SINCE AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER. GROWING UP IN KOLKATA OF THE 70'S, WITH A VIBRANT MOTORSPORT CULTURE HELPED FUEL THE PASSION FURTHER. MOST OF HIS EARLY IMPRESSIONABLE YEARS WERE SPENT INVESTING TOP DOLLAR ON UPGRADING EITHER HIS ENFIELD TO RACE SPECS OR EXPERIMENTING ON THE FAMILY'S PREMIER PADMINI, ALL OF THIS CONTRIBUTED TO AN EDUCATION OF SORTS. IT MADE SENSE TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP A BUSINESS MODEL OUT OF ALL THE PASSION FOR THE AUTOMOBILE, HENCE FURTHER TIME WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS LEARNING HALF TRUTHS THROUGH SERIOUS DISCOURSES HELD BY THE LOCAL CAR USTADS ( READ MECHANICS ). DURING THE COURSE OF THE ABOVE QUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAM SOME TIME WAS ALSO SPENT TOWARDS PURSUING AN AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING DIPLOMA COURSE AND BACHELORS DEGREE IN PURE SCIENCE.

NOW THROUGH THIS TWO DECADES PLUS AUTOMOTIVE JOURNEY , HE HAS RALLIED AND RACED WITH A FEW TROPHIES ON THE MANTLE PIECE TO JUSTIFY THE EFFORT. COMPETED IN INTERNATIONAL VEHICLE DESIGN, BUILD AND RACE COMPETITIONS. BUILT EXTREMELY INTERESTING PROTOTYPES FOR INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS CORPORATES, SOME WITH 32 GEARS RATIOS JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT. EXPERIMENTED WITH SUSPENSION SETUPS, COMPRESSION RATIOS, FINAL DRIVES AND HEADER PRIMARY LENGTHS. MENTORED TEAMS FROM REGIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGES IN THEIR MOTORSPORT PROJECTS AND GLOBAL COMPETITIONS. ORGANISED INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITIONS OVER THE UPPER HIMALAYAS AND IN THE PROCESS MASTERED THE TECHNIQUE OF CHANGING LANDROVER FLATS AT THE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 17000 FT. WHILE IN THE AREA, FIXED A BROKEN DOWN JCB EXCAVATOR COZ IT BLOCKED THE ONLY ROAD LEADING BACK HOME.

BEING ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE MOTORSPORT MANAGEMENT ORGANSIATION ' NORTHERN MOTORSPORT ', RAJ IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH STUDYING, INTERPRETING AND APPLYING FIA REGULATIONS, OFFICIATING AS AN ASN REPRESENTATIVE IN MOTORSPORT EVENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. HE IS ALSO A FIA/MSA F1 MARSHAL TRAINER. HE IS INVOLVED WITH CONCEPTUALISING, ORGANISING AND EXECUTING ENDURANCE CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS SUCH AS THE ' DESERT STORM '.

HE ALSO DOUBLES UP AS THE AUTO ANALYST FOR A NATIONAL NEWS TELEVISION CHANNEL EVALUATING NEW CARS AND BIKES AS WELL AS HOSTING THE AWARD WINNING AUTO SHOW ' TOP SPEED' ON STAR NEWS WITH OVER 100 EPISODES TO ITS CREDIT.