Rajiv Khandelwal is the co-founder and Director of Aajeevika Bureau - a public service initiative headquartered in Rajasthan that defends the rights of low income, wage dependent migrant workers who leave their rural homes to find work in urban and industrial markets. Under his leadership Aajeevika Bureau has earned national recognition for its contribution to the domain of informal work, labour migration and urban inclusion.
Rajiv has published extensively and speaks nationally and internationally on the issue of migration, labour and urban inclusion. Rajiv Khandelwal was elected as an Ashoka Fellow in 2005 and as the India Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010 at the World Economic Forum.