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'''Sanjeev Bikhchandani''' is an [[India]]n businessman, who is the founder and executive vice chairman of [[Info Edge]] which owns [[Naukri.com]], a job portal,<ref name=bu>{{cite news |title=Bikhchandani hits Rs 722 cr jackpot|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?tp=on&autono=17780 |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=2006-11-21| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926094927/http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?tp=on&autono=17780 | archive-date=2010-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dot-com's poster boy - Sanjeev Bikhchandani |author=Kushan Mitra |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/special/dotcoms-poster-boy--sanjeev-bikhchandani/story/1174.html |date=2008-01-13 |work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731073204/http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/dotcoms-poster-boy--sanjeev-bikhchandani.html/1/1174.html |archive-date=2011-07-31 }}</ref> as well as the co-founder of [[Ashoka University]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Menon|first1=Rashmi|title=What's in a name? Sanjeev Bikhchandani was apprehensive of 'Ashoka' University|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-co-founder-of-infoedge-sanjeev-bikhchandani-zeroed-down-on-the-name-of-ashoka-university/articleshow/62614070.cms|accessdate=2018-03-07|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=2018-01-23}}</ref> He was given the [[Padma Shri]] Award, the fourth Highest civilian award in India, in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/anand-mahindra-venu-srinivasan-to-be-honoured-with-padma-bhushan-naukri-com-founder-to-get-padma-shri/articleshow/73628195.cms| title=Anand Mahindra, Venu Srinivasan to be honoured with Padma Bhushan; Naukri.com founder to get Padma Shri | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=26 January 2020 | accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2020AwardeesList.pdf |website=padmaawards.gov.in |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>

Sanjeev after his PG left a job marketing Horlicks at Hindustan Milkfood Manufacturers (after series of multinational mergers-and-acquisitions, now known as [[Hindustan Unilever|GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare India]]) in 1990 to pursue entrepreneurship.<ref name="intoday"/>{{Citation needed span|text=The first company specialized in pharmaceutical trademarks and the second produced salary surveys and reports. In 1993, he and his partner decided to go separate ways. Both partners got one company each.|date=August 2021|reason=Not in the ''India Today'' citation provided}} Sanjeev founded [[Info Edge]] in 1995. In 1997, Bikhchandani set up ''[[Naukri.com]]'', jobs portal located on a server in the United States,<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 April 2014|title=Info Edge's Sanjeev Bikhchandani shares his slip-ups on the path to success|work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|url=https://businesstoday.in/management/leadership/info-edge-sanjeev-bikhchandani-on-slip-ups-suceess/story/205528.html|access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> and later ''Quadrangle.in'', an offline executive search business. In 2005, ''Naukri.com'' was reported as being India's largest web-based employment site.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jain|first=Sunil|author-link=Sunil Jain|date=14 December 2005|title=How Naukri.com became a hit|work=[[Business Standard]]|location=[[New Delhi]]|url=https://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/dec/14spec1.htm|access-date=9 August 2021|via=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>

He is also an astute investor, having invested in [[unicorn (finance)|unicorns]] like ''[[PolicyBazaar]]'' and ''[[Zomato]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chakraborty|first=Sayan|author-link=|date=4 April 2019|title=How billionaire debutant Sanjeev Bikhchandani built himself a fortune|work=[[Forbes India]]|url=https://forbesindia.com/article/real-issue/how-billionaire-debutant-sanjeev-bikhchandani-built-himself-a-fortune/52965/1|access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> Additionally, he is a part of the 'Vision Circle' of FYI (Foundation for Young Innovators) - a shark tank for social initiatives exclusively open to high school students.