Vijay K. Bhargava (विजय भार्गव; born September 22, 1948) is a researcher and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Before moving to UBC, Bhargava was a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Victoria.

[Note 6] Bhargava is Fellow of the IEEE for leadership in the development and applications of error control coding devices[9] and is active in the same.

In September 2008, the "International Workshop on Advances in Communications (VijayFest 2008)" was organized in honour of the distinguished career of Bhargava on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.

In 2009, Vahid Tarokh, professor at Harvard University, dedicated his edited book New Directions in Wireless Communications Research to Bhargava "in deep respect and admiration for his over 30 years of extraordinary leadership and innovation in the field of communications research".