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	\| name = Ramjee Chandran		\| name = Ramjee Chandran
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	'''Ramjee Chandran''' is a journalist and author.<ref name="auto">{{cite web\|title=~~Awards 2008~~-~~09 : Chanakya Award by the Indian Council of Public Relations for Innovative Leadership~~\|url=~~http~~://www.~~publicrelationscouncilofindia~~.~~com~~/~~awards2008~~-09/\|~~publisher~~=~~Public Relations Council of India~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~16 May 2016~~}}</ref> Chandran has been the Editor of [[Explocity]] a fortnightly magazine since 1998.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Jana\|first1=Partners Of Guru &\|title=Banter Beyond The Buck: Banter Beyond The Buck\|date=January 2014\|publisher=Guru & Jana\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhYSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR6&lpg=PR6&dq=Ramjee+Chandran#q=Ramjee%20Chandran\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Ramjee Chandran''' is a journalist and author.<ref name="auto">{{cite web \|last=Chandran \|first=Ramjee \|year=2025 \|title=Ramjee Chandran - Penguin Random House India \|url=https://www.penguin.co.in/book_author/ramjee-chandran/ \|accessdate=19 July 2025 \|publisher=}}</ref> Chandran has been the Editor of [[Explocity]] a fortnightly magazine since 1998.
	According to [[The Daily Telegraph]], ''Explocity'' is partly owned by [[Rupert Murdoch]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=The magazine market that leaves you spoilt for choice\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4188342/The-magazine-market-that-leaves-you-spoilt-for-choice.html\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>		According to [[The Daily Telegraph]], ''Explocity'' is partly owned by [[Rupert Murdoch]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=The magazine market that leaves you spoilt for choice\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4188342/The-magazine-market-that-leaves-you-spoilt-for-choice.html\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> He is also the host of the podcasts, The Literary City With Ramjee Chandran<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Chandran \|first1=Ramjee \|title=The Literary City \|website=[[Spotify]] \|url=https://open.spotify.com/show/3z9anCWoh9HpfwOf1Tg9Y7?si=38a7839f6af84b31}}</ref> and the History of Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Chandran \|first1=Ramjee \|title=History of Bangalore \|website=[[Spotify]] \|url=https://open.spotify.com/show/0hLv9FSaSd3wl7N3cLDTpQ?si=9cdf0d56c8714da9}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

	Ramjee Chandran launched several magazines devoted to the city of Bangalore, India,<ref>{{cite news\|title=In an Emergency, Call 100. Or is it 1098? Or 103?\|url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/in-an-emergency-call-100-or-is-it-1098-or-103/?_r=0\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> notably ''The Bangalore Monthly''<ref>{{cite web\|title=Criminal Charges Against Amway in India\|url=http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/criminal-charges-against-amway-in-india/\|publisher=Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|language=en-US\|date=2 October 2008}}</ref> and ''Bangalore Weekly''.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Exploring Bangalore, a mouse click away\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129162945/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 November 2014\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|date=2000-11-22\|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>		Ramjee Chandran launched several magazines devoted to the city of Bangalore, India,<ref>{{cite news\|title=In an Emergency, Call 100. Or is it 1098? Or 103?\|url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/in-an-emergency-call-100-or-is-it-1098-or-103/?_r=0\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> notably ''The Bangalore Monthly''<ref>{{cite web\|title=Criminal Charges Against Amway in India\|url=http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/criminal-charges-against-amway-in-india/\|publisher=Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|language=en-US\|date=2 October 2008}}</ref> and ''Bangalore Weekly''.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Exploring Bangalore, a mouse click away\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129162945/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 November 2014\|accessdate=16 May 2016\|date=2000-11-22\|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
	Also Chandran wrote several columns for various newspapers and magazines. Prior to the inception of [[Explocity]], Chandran first began a Bangalore-based magazine, "Bangalore This Fortnight", in 1989.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=FINEMAN\|first1=MARK\|title=Culture : India's New Middle Class Finds Home in Bangalore : The country's 'Silicon Plateau' is the home for yuppies and mystics. Growth is phenomenal.\|url=~~http~~://~~articles~~.latimes.com/1991-12-17~~/news/~~wr-~~672_1_middle~~-~~class~~\|~~accessdate~~=16 May 2016\|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]\|date=17 December 1991\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aboutus.explocity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hitchhiker.jpg\|title=Clipping in Mid Day Newspaper}}</ref> This was followed by the launch of the Bangalore Monthly and the Bangaloremag.com. The [[internet]] had just begun its journey in the late 1990s in India, when Chandran created Explocity.com in 1999.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020131085535/http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=31 January 2002\|title=The Hindu Newspaper \| location=Chennai, India \|work=[[The Hindu]]\| date=22 November 2000}}</ref> Some of the initial [[funding]] was from [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s News Corp.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aboutus.explocity.com/Library/asian_age.jpg\|title=Clipping in Asian Age Newspaper}}</ref> [[Explocity]] has content includes events, [[restaurants]], [[hotel]] listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like [[New York City]], [[Dubai]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2000/11/21/stories/152139gg.htm\|title= Article in the Hindu Business Line}}</ref> and Indian cities.		Also Chandran wrote several columns for various newspapers and magazines. Prior to the inception of [[Explocity]], Chandran first began a Bangalore-based magazine, "Bangalore This Fortnight", in 1989.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=FINEMAN\|first1=MARK\|title=Culture : India's New Middle Class Finds Home in Bangalore : The country's 'Silicon Plateau' is the home for yuppies and mystics. Growth is phenomenal.\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-17-wr-672-story.html\|access-date=16 May 2016\|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]\|date=17 December 1991\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aboutus.explocity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hitchhiker.jpg\|title=Clipping in Mid Day Newspaper\|access-date=16 May 2016\|archive-date=10 March 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310210835/http://aboutus.explocity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hitchhiker.jpg\|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was followed by the launch of the Bangalore Monthly and the Bangaloremag.com. The [[internet]] had just begun its journey in the late 1990s in India, when Chandran created Explocity.com in 1999.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020131085535/http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=31 January 2002\|title=The Hindu Newspaper \| location=Chennai, India \|work=[[The Hindu]]\| date=22 November 2000}}</ref> Some of the initial [[funding]] was from [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s News Corp.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aboutus.explocity.com/Library/asian_age.jpg\|title=Clipping in Asian Age Newspaper\|access-date=16 May 2016\|archive-date=11 August 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811023525/http://aboutus.explocity.com/Library/asian_age.jpg\|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Explocity]] has content includes events, restaurants, [[hotel]] listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like [[New York City]], [[Dubai]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2000/11/21/stories/152139gg.htm\|title= Article in the Hindu Business Line}}</ref> and Indian cities.

	Chandran is also a jazz guitarist<ref>{{cite journal\|title=SING SING! With Radha Thomas & Sandhya Sanjana - Jazz and Hindustani vocalese\|journal=[[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]]\|url=https://www.timeout.com/bangalore/events/sing-sing-with-radha-thomas-sandhya-sanjana-jazz-and-hindustani-vocalese\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Discography of Ramjee Chandran\|url=https://soundcloud.com/ramjeechandran\|publisher=[[SoundCloud]]\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref> and has performed with other acclaimed musicians on stage.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ramjee Chandran discography\|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3136330-Ramjee-Chandran\|publisher=[[Discogs]]\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=UNK: The Radha Thomas Ensemble\|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3136329-UNK-The-Radha-Thomas-Ensemble\|publisher=[[Discogs]]\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>		Chandran is also a jazz guitarist<ref>{{cite journal\|title=SING SING! With Radha Thomas & Sandhya Sanjana - Jazz and Hindustani vocalese\|journal=[[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]]\|url=https://www.timeout.com/bangalore/events/sing-sing-with-radha-thomas-sandhya-sanjana-jazz-and-hindustani-vocalese\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Discography of Ramjee Chandran\|url=https://soundcloud.com/ramjeechandran\|publisher=[[SoundCloud]]\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref> and has performed with other acclaimed musicians on stage.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ramjee Chandran discography\|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3136330-Ramjee-Chandran\|publisher=[[Discogs]]\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=UNK: The Radha Thomas Ensemble\|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3136329-UNK-The-Radha-Thomas-Ensemble\|publisher=[[Discogs]]\|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

	Ramjee Chandran was featured in the New York podcast ~~[http://destinationontheleft.com/ramjee-chandran/~~ Destination On The Left] as a media expert.<ref name="Podcast">{{cite web \|last1=Chandran \|first1=Ramjee \|title=Destination On The Left \|url=http://destinationontheleft.com/ramjee-chandran/ \|website=Destination On The Left \|publisher=Nicole Mahoney \|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref>		Ramjee Chandran was featured in the New York podcast, Destination On The Left, as a media expert.<ref name="Podcast">{{cite web \|last1=Chandran \|first1=Ramjee \|title=Destination On The Left \|url=http://destinationontheleft.com/ramjee-chandran/ \|website=Destination On The Left \|publisher=Nicole Mahoney \|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref>

	Chandran was invited by Bangalore International Centre to ~~[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kks4ZALQgGI&feature=youtu.be/~~ moderate a panel comprising leading animal activists] and representatives from the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike\|Bangalore city corporation]].		Chandran was invited by Bangalore International Centre to moderate a panel comprising leading animal activists and representatives from the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike\|Bangalore city corporation]].

			Ramjee Chandran started The Literary City with Ramjee Chandran, under Explocity Podcasts in 2022.

			For the 2022 Bangalore Literature Festival, Ramjee Chandran was invited to conduct sessions with [[Mallika Sarabhai]] and journalist, [[Barkha Dutt]]. He has appeared in later editions of the Bangalore Literature Festival.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Chandran \|first=Ramjee \|title=Ramjee Chandran - Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) \|url=https://bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/participant/2022-ramjee-chandran/ \|website=Bangalore Literature Festival}}</ref>

			In 2025, Ramjee Chandran's novel, ''“For No Reason At All”'', a roman-a-clef, was released by Penguin'''<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Chandran \|first1=Ramjee \|url=https://www.penguin.co.in/book/for-no-reason-at-all/ \|title=For No Reason At All \|publisher=Penguin Random House India \|year=2025 \|isbn=9780143471271 \|language=en \|accessdate=19 July 2025}}</ref>''' and has been favourably reviewed.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Kumar \|first=Sheila \|title=For No Reason At All: Silicon, scams, and a spy named Solly \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2025/Jul/13/silicon-scams-and-a-spy-named-solly \|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Rajagopal \|first=Rashmi \|title=Deccan Herald - Out: Ex-lobbyist's story from a momentous era \|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/books/out-ex-lobbyist-s-story-from-a-momentous-era-3431856 \|work=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

	==Awards and honors==		==Awards and honors==
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| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], India
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| yearsactive = 1989–present
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| known_for = [[Explocity]]
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'''Ramjee Chandran''' is a journalist and author.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Awards 2008-09 : Chanakya Award by the Indian Council of Public Relations for Innovative Leadership|url=http://www.publicrelationscouncilofindia.com/awards2008-09/|publisher=Public Relations Council of India|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref> Chandran has been the Editor of [[Explocity]] a fortnightly magazine since 1998.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jana|first1=Partners Of Guru &|title=Banter Beyond The Buck: Banter Beyond The Buck|date=January 2014|publisher=Guru & Jana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhYSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR6&lpg=PR6&dq=Ramjee+Chandran#q=Ramjee%20Chandran|accessdate=16 May 2016|language=en}}</ref>
According to [[The Daily Telegraph]], ''Explocity'' is partly owned by [[Rupert Murdoch]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The magazine market that leaves you spoilt for choice|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4188342/The-magazine-market-that-leaves-you-spoilt-for-choice.html|accessdate=16 May 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

==Career==

Ramjee Chandran launched several magazines devoted to the city of Bangalore, India,<ref>{{cite news|title=In an Emergency, Call 100. Or is it 1098? Or 103?|url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/in-an-emergency-call-100-or-is-it-1098-or-103/?_r=0|accessdate=16 May 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> notably ''The Bangalore Monthly''<ref>{{cite web|title=Criminal Charges Against Amway in India|url=http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/criminal-charges-against-amway-in-india/|publisher=Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog|accessdate=16 May 2016|language=en-US|date=2 October 2008}}</ref> and ''Bangalore Weekly''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Exploring Bangalore, a mouse click away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129162945/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 November 2014|accessdate=16 May 2016|date=2000-11-22|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
Also Chandran wrote several columns for various newspapers and magazines. Prior to the inception of [[Explocity]], Chandran first began a Bangalore-based magazine, "Bangalore This Fortnight", in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|last1=FINEMAN|first1=MARK|title=Culture : India's New Middle Class Finds Home in Bangalore : The country's 'Silicon Plateau' is the home for yuppies and mystics. Growth is phenomenal.|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-17/news/wr-672_1_middle-class|accessdate=16 May 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=17 December 1991|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aboutus.explocity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hitchhiker.jpg|title=Clipping in Mid Day Newspaper}}</ref> This was followed by the launch of the Bangalore Monthly and the Bangaloremag.com. The [[internet]] had just begun its journey in the late 1990s in India, when Chandran created Explocity.com in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020131085535/http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/22/stories/0422402j.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2002|title=The Hindu Newspaper | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]| date=22 November 2000}}</ref> Some of the initial [[funding]] was from [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s News Corp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aboutus.explocity.com/Library/asian_age.jpg|title=Clipping in Asian Age Newspaper}}</ref> [[Explocity]] has content includes events, [[restaurants]], [[hotel]] listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like [[New York City]], [[Dubai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2000/11/21/stories/152139gg.htm|title= Article in the Hindu Business Line}}</ref> and Indian cities.

Chandran is also a jazz guitarist<ref>{{cite journal|title=SING SING! With Radha Thomas & Sandhya Sanjana - Jazz and Hindustani vocalese|journal=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|url=https://www.timeout.com/bangalore/events/sing-sing-with-radha-thomas-sandhya-sanjana-jazz-and-hindustani-vocalese|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Discography of Ramjee Chandran|url=https://soundcloud.com/ramjeechandran|publisher=[[SoundCloud]]|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref> and has performed with other acclaimed musicians on stage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ramjee Chandran discography|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3136330-Ramjee-Chandran|publisher=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UNK: The Radha Thomas Ensemble|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3136329-UNK-The-Radha-Thomas-Ensemble|publisher=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

Ramjee Chandran was featured in the New York podcast [http://destinationontheleft.com/ramjee-chandran/ Destination On The Left] as a media expert.<ref name="Podcast">{{cite web |last1=Chandran |first1=Ramjee |title=Destination On The Left |url=http://destinationontheleft.com/ramjee-chandran/ |website=Destination On The Left |publisher=Nicole Mahoney |accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref>

Chandran was invited by Bangalore International Centre to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kks4ZALQgGI&feature=youtu.be/ moderate a panel comprising leading animal activists] and representatives from the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|Bangalore city corporation]].

==Awards and honors==
* Chanakya Award for Innovative Leadership<ref name="auto"/>
* Best entrepreneurs from Karnataka, India<ref>{{cite web|title=India Inc's finest: Best of Karnataka|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-leading-entrepreneurs-from-karnataka/20111005.htm#10|publisher=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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