Rajiv s/o Rishyakaran (Jawi: راجيۏ ريسهياقرن; Tamil: ரஜிவ் ரிஷ்யகரன்) (born 12 October 1981) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Gasing since May 2013.
His predecessor as Bukit Gasing MLA is the late Edward Lee Poh Lin whose untimely death in 2011 left the seat vacant for two years before the 2013 Selangor state election.
Rajiv was born and bred in the Klang Valley, apart from a brief relocation to Ipoh, Perak (from age 10–15) where his father was based as a civil servant.
Rajiv attended Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn, Johor, graduating in 2003 with a degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in Instrumentation & Automation.
Rajiv's involvement in politics began when friend and fellow church member, Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan was fielded to run for the state seat of Subang Jaya in 2008.
[citation needed] After Pakatan Harapan's unprecedented triumph over Barisan Nasional in 2018, Yeo Bee Yin was appointed the Minister for Energy, Science and Technology, Environment, and Climate Change (MESTECC).
[14] In the Selangor state assembly, Rajiv is a member of the Select Committees (Jawatankuasa Pilihan) on Local Government[15] and Water Resources Management.