Professor Dr Rachagan holds a B.A. (Malaya), M.A (Otago), LL M (Bristol) and PhD (London). He is a Barrister-at-Law (Lincolns Inn) and Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He was Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law University of Malaya till 2000 when he became Consumers International’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific. In 2005 he returned to academia and became the Vice President (Academic Affairs), Nilai University. In 2013 he became the Vice Chancellor of Perdana University. He is a Commissioner of the Malaysia Competition Commission and Chairman of its Working Committee on Advocacy. He was elected President of the IACL in 2011.