Currently he is working as the senior cartoonist of Deepika, the oldest newspaper in Malayalam language.

With a view of kindling his talents in drawing and painting, he decided to start his career as an artist.

Though in the initial phases, he preferred to remain behind the curtain and so he decided to take the profession of artist as a freelancer.

His talents in drawing, particularly in cartooning or caricaturing, were widely appreciated and he got handful of offers from many art-related firms and magazines.

During his 35-year-long career at Deepika he was awarded many times by the local and state government and non-government organizations.

Earmarking the 125th anniversary of the Deepika, a special exhibition of Cartoons by Raju Nair was held at Thiruvananthapuram.

[1][2][3][4] Apart from these, Nair has also contributed to various special editions of Deepika Annuals, Kunju Kurup, a humorous monthly from Toms Publications.