Rajiv is in specialist periodontal practice in Sydney and Coffs Harbour.

He is the current Federal President Australian Society of Periodontology. He obtained his specialist qualification in Periodontology in 2008 from University of Otago and has over twenty years of clinical experience in dentistry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons both in the General and Periodontology divisions and a Fellow of International College of Dentists.

His interests are in plastic and regenerative periodontal procedures around teeth and dental implants as well as in treatment of peri-implantitis. He has presented many lectures and continuing education courses in periodontology and dental implants locally and internationally.