Background
Bhargava, Rajeev was born on November 27, 1954 in New Delhi.
Bhargava, Rajeev was born on November 27, 1954 in New Delhi.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, followed by The Master of Philosophy and Doctorate.Phil from Oxford University.
He is Senior Fellow and Former Director of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi. Bhargava started his academic career at Saint Stephen"s College, Delhi in 1979, in the following year he joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi where he worked till 2005, when he joined Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi as a Senior Fellow and Former Director. Over the years, he has remained Faculty Fellow in Ethics at Harvard University, Leverhulme Fellow at University of Bristol, Senior Fellow at Institute of Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, Visiting Fellow of the British Academy, and held the Asia Chair at Sciences Po Paris in 2006.