RAJIV D. KHATLAWALA is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant by profession. Schooled in Mumbai, he graduated from University of Mumbai in 1988 after which he moved to Baroda, Gujarat, where he acquired both his professional degrees.

After a stint of seven years as an executive in the finance department of two leading companies in Baroda, Khatlawala started his own investment consultancy firm in 1997 by the name of 'Pushpdin Portfolio Advisors'. The firm advises clients on their investment portfolios.

Rajiv is also an active academician. He is a visiting faculty for the evening MBA program at M. S. University of Baroda and also at G. H. Patel Institute of Management, Vallabh Vidyanagar. He mainly teaches courses on Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management, though he has also taught subjects such as Financial Management and Management Accounting. He has taught students of ICWAI and ICAI as well.

Over past four years he has conducted, and has been invited to conduct, various workshops and seminars on technical analysis and trading derivatives.

Rajiv Khatlawala lives with his mother, his wife and two children in Baroda, Gujarat, India.