Jitendra Bajpai is an adjunct faculty member at the Earth Institute of Columbia University. Prior to joining Columbia University, he was a director at the World Bank. He also worked for various firms that deal with transport and urban issues, including RATP (Paris, France), the Indian Ministry of Works and Housing,

He is a fellow at Johns Hopkins University, holds a doctorate degree from the University of Paris, and completed an executive management program at Harvard Business School.