Rajagopal is Professor of Marketing at EGADE Business School, Technologic de Monterrey, Santa Fe Campus, Mexico and Life Fellow of the Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, UK. He is also Visiting Professor at Metropolitan College, Boston University, USA. He has to his credit 58 books on marketing management and rural development themes, and over 400 research contributions that include published research papers in national and international refereed journals.