Rishi Kaushik is an Indian actor who acts in serials most notably in Bengali language serials in West Bengal. He has appeared in the Star Jalsa soap operas Ekhane Aakash Neel, and Ishti Kutum, where he played the role of the male protagonist Archisman Mukherjee. Since 2020, he has acted in several television dramas of Bangladesh.
Rishi was born and brought up in an Assamese family in Tezpur, Assam. He graduated from Tezpur Academy and Guwahati University. He moved to Calcutta in 2002. His original name is Kamakhyakinkar Kaushik, while his nickname is Rishi.
His debut film is an Assamese film Rong, directed by Munin Barua. In Calcutta, his first telefilm was Daman. His debut film in Bengali is Kranti directed by Riingo Banerjee, where he played a negative role. His breakthrough performances were Ekdin Pratidin on Zee Bangla and Ekhane Aakash Neel on Star Jalsha. He joined BJP in 2019 to be in active politics.
On 29 November 2012, Rishi married his long-time girlfriend Debjani.