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| name = Rajiv Bajaj<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|21|df=yes}}<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[College of Engineering, Pune]]|[[University of Warwick|University of Warwick, England]]}}<br />
| occupation = Managing Director of [[Bajaj Auto|Bajaj Group]]<br />
| spouse = Deepa Bajaj<br />
| children = Rishab Bajaj<br />
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'''Rajiv Bajaj''' (born 21 December 1966) is an Indian businessman, and the managing director of [[Bajaj Auto]] since 2005. He introduced the Pulsar range of motorcycles<ref name="forbes-comeback-kid">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/12/07/forbes-india-rajiv-bajaj-honda-bajaj-auto.html|title=The Comeback Kid|date=12 July 2009|accessdate=26 February 2014|newspaper=Forbes|authors=T. Surendar & Ashish K. Mishra}}</ref> credited with reviving the fortunes of the ailing company.<ref name="trout">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-12-06/news/44864491_1_jack-trout-bajaj-auto-ceo-rajiv-bajaj|title=How Rajiv Bajaj’s mentoring relationship with Jack Trout changed the way Bajaj Auto is run|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=6 December 2013|authors=Vinod Mahanta & Moinak Mitra|accessdate=26 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="diaries">{{cite web|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/rajiv-bajaj-bajaj-group-plan-and-future/1/198329.html|title=The Quadricycle Diaries|publisher=Business Today|date=29 September 2013|accessdate=26 February 2014|authors=Suveen K. Sinha}}</ref> [[India Today]] magazine ranked him #42nd in their India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's 50 powerful people|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=14 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Education & Work==<br />
Rajiv Bajaj completed his schooling from St Ursula High School in Akurdi, Pune. He graduated in first class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Warwick in 1990.<br />
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He has since worked at Bajaj Auto in the areas of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (1990–95), R+D and Engineering (1995-2000), and Marketing and Sales (2000-2005), and has been its Managing Director since April 2005.<br />
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