[1] Shantiraj was born on 7 October 1966, in Jeypore, Odisha, India.
After that, he started composing some Odia music albums, bhajans.
In 2002, he started composing Odia film songs.
[6] Khosla died from COVID-19 related issues at SCB Medical college and Hospital, Cuttack on 27 May 2021, during its pandemic in India.
[4][7] He tested COVID positive on 19 May and was in home isolation when was rushed to SCB Medical after he developed health complications on 22 May.