[10][11][13] After college, Bhargava returned to India and spent the next 12 years traveling to and from monasteries owned by the Hanslok Ashram.
[11][12] During this period, Bhargava moved back and forth between the US and India and worked a variety of middle-class office and construction jobs.
[14] Bhargava returned to the US and joined his parents' plastic injection manufacturing company, Bhar Incorporated, located in New Haven, Indiana.
[20] That year, an article in Forbes magazine said Bhargava and his company, Innovations Ventures, had participated in up to 90 court cases[4] against competitors, suppliers[10] and associates[13] since 2003.
[27] In 2016, Bhargava told National Geographic that he planned to distribute 10,000 of his stationary, power-generating bikes to rural homes and villages in India.
[31][32] In August 2023, Bhargava acquired a majority stake in Ross Levinsohn's The Arena Group, owner of several magazine brands.