[7][8] Rajesh Touchriver was born in Arakulam, Idukki district, Kerala, India as the youngest son of Siva Sankaran Nair and Rukmini Amma.

[9] He took his bachelor's degree in Design and Direction from the School of Drama and Fine Arts in 1992, Trissur, Kerala.

Rajesh won the Charles Wallace Trust Award in 2001 and pursued his master's degree in visual language/scenography and direction from the Wimbledon College of Art, London.

His film for the United Nations, One Life, No Price for social sensitisation against human trafficking was well received by civil society organisations internationally.

[16] The Sacred Face, a short film on child sexual abuse, sent the audience back home unsettled at its screening in Hyderabad.