Leading social entrepreneur Vijay Mahajan has been appointed as Secretary & Chief Executive Officer of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF). He will also be the Director of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies. Mahajan is the founder of PRADAN -- an NGO which motivates young professionals to work at the grassroots to promote livelihoods of the poor. Mahajan also founded the Basix Social Enterprise Group, which has supported over three million poor households through micro-finance and livelihood promotion services. Mahajan is an alumnus of the IIT, Delhi (BTech, 1975), and IIM, Ahmedabad (1981), from wh