C. K. Raut, PhD, is a formerly US-based computer scientist, author and political leader, who had been involved in demanding a separate Madhesh country for the Madhesi people. He was often placed under house-arrest by the Government of Nepal.
CK Raut

NameDr. Chandra Kant Raut
Date of Birth10 March 1992
Birth PlaceSaptari
ProfessionPolitical
Height5 feet 8 inch
ParentsTek Bahadur Khadka
Sarada Khadka
CollegeThe University of Tokyo, University of Cambridge, Tribhuvan University
EducationComputer Scientist


Professional career

He worked as a computer scientist for the US-based company Raytheon BBN technologies.

Political movement

Raut is the founding president of the Non-Resident Madhesi Association, a global diaspora organization of Madhesi people living abroad.[5] He is also the founder of the Injot Movement, a social transformation initiative targeted at Nepal, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh. In recent years, he has been advocating for an end to racism, colonization and discrimination imposed on the Madheshi people, by the Nepali "ruling class" by his definition.