Hailing from a family of Musicians, Rajiv was introduced to Carnatic Music at a very early age. He had his initial training from his mother Smt. Geetha Ramakrishnan, who is a vocalist and Vainika. He then came under the tutelage of Sri. P. S. Narayanaswamy and later, Sri. V. Subrahmaniam from whom he underwent advanced training for a decade.

Rajiv conducts both online and regular Music classes at his residence in Padur, OMR for students at all levels. Rajiv has students from across the globe and has trained many Carnatic Music Aspirants.