Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit prominently works in Kannada cinema as soundtrack composer.

Dixit's music is an amalgamation of Indian ethnic music and styles from different parts of the world. His songs include "Lokada Kalaji","Preetiya Hesare Neenu" "Alemaari" "Just Maath Maathalli" "Munjane Manjalli" "Gudugudiya" and "Ninna Poojege Bande Mahadeshwara" Dixit has produced music for contemporary dance and theatre productions including the Indian contemporary dance group Nritarutya, of which, his former wife Mayuri Upadhya, is the artistic director.

Dixit's self-titled debut album was launched by the music director duo Vishal–Shekhar on their new independent record label Vishal & Shekhar Music which collaborated with Counter Culture Records for this release. Raghu Dixit was the first artist on this new label. The album was also released on world music label Wrasse Records and Sony/ATV on 20 September 2010. The album reached No. 1 on the iTunes World Music charts in the UK. The title music for the show Splitsvilla was also composed and sung by Raghu Dixit. In the season one finale of The Dewarists, the Raghu Dixit Project collaborated with songwriter Rewben Mashangva on the song "Masti Ki Basti".

Collaborating with artists Dixit met during his previous concerts in the UK, the Raghu Dixit Project released their second studio album, Jag Changa. The album released on 23 November 2013. The album consists of eight tracks, in Kannada, Hindi and Tamil languages. In an interview with Vishnupriya Bhandaram of The Hindu, he mentions, "Every 200 kilometres in this country, languages change, the dialects change and the food changes, lives and lifestyles change and my music is unique and probably the USP is that it's sung in a vernacular tongue... its adds mystery."

The Raghu Dixit Project is a multilingual folk-rock and world music band formed by Dixit in Bengaluru. Described as "an open house for musicians and artistes from different genres to come together, collaborate and create a dynamic sound", the group performs primarily in Kannada, Hindi, and Tamil, drawing on ancient Kannada poetry and Indian folk traditions fused with contemporary global influences.

The band's self-titled debut album was released in India in 2008 on Vishal–Shekhar's Vishal & Shekhar Music label in collaboration with Counter Culture Records, and internationally in September 2010 on Wrasse Records and Sony/ATV. The album reached number one on the iTunes World Music charts in the United Kingdom. Their second album, Jag Changa, was released on 23 November 2013. A third album, Shakkar, followed in 2024.

The Raghu Dixit Project won the Best Newcomer award at the Songlines Music Awards in 2011. The group has performed in over 30 countries across five continents.

In 2015, the band expanded from five to ten members for a new lineup that debuted at the NH7 Weekender in Pune.