A seasoned development sector professional, Rakesh has a post-graduation qualification in Social work and has handled a variety of assignments including post-disaster relief. His long innings with CHILDLINE India Foundation saw him take on the complex area of telecom and manage the entire telecom connectivity for the number 1098 from all telecom service providers. He was also in charge of the Gurugram CHILDLINE Contact Centre. He is one of the promoter shareholders of SBC3.