Rajesh Shukla (born 1 August 1965) is an Indian researcher, author and applied statistician.

Shukla has served as the Director for NCAER-Centre for Macro Consumer Research[2][3] and is a visiting professor at Institute for Human Development (IHD), India.

[4][5] He is currently serving as the Managing Director & CEO of People Research on India's consumer economy (PRICE, branded as ICE 3600), an independent not-for-profit ‘think-tank’ cum ‘fact-tank’, engaged in identifying data gaps, collecting, building and disseminating seminal knowledge and insights into India's Citizens’ Environment and Consumer Economy.

In 1993, he has started his career as survey statistician at National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), the India's oldest and largest independent economic think tank, reached highest level in research ladder as the Senior Fellow (NCAER) in 2004 and became the Director of NCAER-CMCR.

Shukla has created Pan India primary baseline databases on issues of national importance, analytic constructs, and actionable insights relating to household well-being;[10] income distribution and inequality;[11] regional disparity;[12] Rural & Urban well-being;[13] Financial Inclusion;[14]  Indian Middle Class,[15] Tourism;[16] Science and Technology;[17] Public Understanding of Science;[18] Indian Youth;[19] Caste and Energy.