Mr. Raju Chowdhary is the Chairman and Managing Director of the KC Group J&K (India) — a leading industrial house in the UT of J&K, exclusively owned and managed by Shri Sudarshan Kumar Mahajan and Mr. Raju Chowdhary. He joined the family timber business after graduating in Economics with Honours from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.
Over the past three decades, he has launched pioneering ventures such as a plywood factory, a ferro-alloys plant, and J&K’s first mall-cum-multiplex. Under his dynamic leadership, KC Group has successfully diversified into automobiles, steel, plywood, and pharmaceuticals. Flagship projects like KC Central Mall, KC Sports Club, and the Taj Vivanta Hotel in Jammu stand as testaments to his forward-thinking vision.
He also heads KC Automart Pvt. Ltd., a Hyundai dealership in Srinagar. A global traveler and a passionate golfer (albeit only on Sundays), Mr. Chowdhary remains committed to social causes through the KC Educational Society — a trust that manages KC Public School, KC Law College, and KC College of Education.
Notably, KC Public School is the only institution in J&K that’s a global member of Round Square, an international network of elite schools based in Windsor, UK. In recognition of his contributions to industrial development, he received the Udyog Ratna Award (2006–07) from the then Chief Minister of J&K.
