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Anurag Behar

Anurag Behar

Anurag Behar is CEO of Azim Premji Foundation and also leads sustainability initiatives for Wipro Ltd. He writes every fortnight on issues of ecology and education.
Anil Padmanabhan

Anil Padmanabhan

Anil Padmanabhan is deputy managing editor of Mint and writes every week on the intersection of politics and economics.
Aakar Patel

Aakar Patel

Aakar Patel is a writer and a columnist.
Arun Balakrishnan

Arun Balakrishnan

Arun Balakrishnan, CEO, BerkshireInsurance.com.
A.V. Rajwade

A.V. Rajwade

A.V. Rajwade is a risk management consultant, columnist and author.
Anil Kumble

Anil Kumble

Anil Kumble is a former international cricketer and captain of the Indian cricket team.
Aparna Piramal Raje

Aparna Piramal Raje

Aparna Piramal Raje meets heads of organizations every month to investigate the connections between their workspaces and working styles.
Ayaz Memon

Ayaz Memon

Ayaz Memon is a senior columnist who writes on sports and other matters.
Dilip D'Souza

Dilip D'Souza

Once a computer scientist, Dilip D’Souza now lives in Mumbai and writes for his dinners. A Matter of Numbers will explore the joy of mathematics, with occasional forays into other sciences.
Deepti Bhaskaran

Deepti Bhaskaran

Deepti Bhaskaran is staff writer, Mint Money.
Gautam Nayak

Gautam Nayak

Gautam Nayak is a chartered accountant.
Gouri Dange

Gouri Dange

Gouri Dange is the author of More ABCs of Parenting (Random House), and ABCs of Parenting.
Gopal Sathe

Gopal Sathe

Gopal Sathe is features writer, Mint Lounge.
Harish Bhat

Harish Bhat

Harish Bhat is managing director and CEO of Tata Global Beverages Ltd. He is an aspiring corporate storyteller himself. In line with this aspiration, he has recently authored a book, Tata Log, which tells eight riveting stories from the contemporary history of the Tata group.
Hema Ravichandar

Hema Ravichandar

Hema Ravichandar is a strategic human resources consultant. She serves as an independent director and an advisory board member for several organizations. She was formerly the global head of HR for Infosys Ltd.
Himanshu

Himanshu

Himanshu is an assistant professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University and visiting fellow at Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi.
Haseeb A. Drabu

Haseeb A. Drabu

Haseeb A. Drabu is an economist, and writes on monetary and macroeconomic matters from the perspective of policy and practice.
Jayaditya Gupta

Jayaditya Gupta

Jayaditya Gupta is executive editor of Cricinfo.
Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh is a former Union minister and Rajya Sabha MP.
Kian Gianz

Kian Gianz

Kian Ganz is a lawyer-turned-journalist based in Mumbai, from where he publishes legallyindia.com
Kayezad E. Adajania

Kayezad E. Adajania

Kayezad Adajania is editor, mutual funds, Mint Money.
Kuzhali Manickavel

Kuzhali Manickavel

To submit a prompt (a word, phrase, quote or brief idea), mail Kuzhali at kuzhali.stories@gmail.com or tweet it using the hastag #kuzhalistories.
Kuldip Kumar

Kuldip Kumar

Kuldip Kumar is executive director (tax & regulatory services), PwC India. Ritika Jain, associate (tax and regulatory services), PwC India, contributed to this column.
Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author, novelist and translator.
Madhuri Ruia

Madhuri Ruia

Madhuri Ruia is a nutritionist and Pilates expert. She runs InteGym in Mumbai, which advocates workouts with healthy diets.
Manas Chakravarty

Manas Chakravarty

Manas Chakravarty looks at trends and issues in the financial markets.
Monika Halan

Monika Halan

Monika Halan works in the area of financial literacy and financial intermediation policy and is a certified financial planner. She is editor, Mint Money, Yale World Fellow 2011 and on the board of FPSB India.
Mobis Philipose

Mobis Philipose

Mobis Philipose is deputy editor, Mint.
Narayan Ramachandran

Narayan Ramachandran

Narayan Ramachandran is chairman, InKlude Labs.
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha is executive editor, Mint.
Nilesh Shah

Nilesh Shah

Nilesh Shah is director, Axis Direct.
Nandini Ramnath

Nandini Ramnath

Nandini Ramnath is a Mint staffer. She looks at how the cinema of the past helps us make sense of the present.
Natasha Badhwar

Natasha Badhwar

Natasha Badhwar is a film-maker, media trainer and mother of three. She writes a fortnightly column on family and relationships.
Osama Manzar

Osama Manzar

Osama Manzar is founder-director of Digital Empowerment Foundation and curator of the mBillionth Awards. He is member of the working group for Internet proliferation and governance, ministry of communication and information technology. Follow him on twitter @osamamanzar.
P.N. Vasanti

P.N. Vasanti

P.N. Vasanti is director of New Delhi-based multidisciplinary research organization Centre for Media Studies. She studies and advises on policy issues in media and communication sector.
Prashant Agrawal

Prashant Agrawal

Prashant Agrawal, a principal at a management consultancy, writes on public policy issues in India and internationally.
Pamela Timms

Pamela Timms

Pamela Timms is a Delhi-based journalist and food writer. She blogs at Eatanddust.com.
Priya Ramani

Priya Ramani

Columnist at Mint
Prabhdev Singh

Prabhdev Singh

Prabhdev Singh is the founding editor of Golf Digest India and a part-time golfer.
P. Manoj

P. Manoj

P. Manoj is a Mint staffer. He looks at trends in the shipping industry.
R. Sukumar

R. Sukumar

R. Sukumar is editor, Mint.
Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Richard Branson is the founder of the Virgin Group and companies such as Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America, Virgin Mobile and Virgin Active.
Rohit Brijnath

Rohit Brijnath

Rohit Brijnath is a senior correspondent with The Straits Times, Singapore.
Radha Chadha

Radha Chadha

Radha Chadha is one of Asia’s leading marketing and consumer insight experts. She is the author of the best-selling book The Cult of the Luxury Brand: Inside Asia’s Love Affair With Luxury.
Raghu Raman

Raghu Raman

Raghu Raman is a commentator on internal security, member of the www.outstandingspeakersbureau.in and author of Everyman’s War (www.fb.com/everymanswarbook). The views expressed are personal.
Rajat Chauhan

Rajat Chauhan

Rajat Chauhan is an ultra marathon runner and a doctor specializing in sports and exercise medicine and musculoskeletal medicine, and founder of Back 2 Fitness. He is also associate editor, British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Rajesh Kumar

Rajesh Kumar

Rajesh Kumar is national writer, Mint Money.
Sohaila Abdulali

Sohaila Abdulali

Sohaila Abdulali is a New York-based writer.
Shefalee Vasudev

Shefalee Vasudev

The Body is a monthly column on the body’s language in fashion.
Shreya Ray

Shreya Ray

Shreya Ray is features writer, Mint Lounge.
Shoba Narayan

Shoba Narayan

Shoba Narayan is a columnist who writes on culture and food-related topics.
Siddharth Vinayak Patankar

Siddharth Vinayak Patankar

Siddharth Vinayak Patankar is the Editor, Auto, NDTV.
Sumaya Dalmia

Sumaya Dalmia

Sumaya Dalmia is a wellness consultant, fitness expert and owner of Sumaya, a personal training studio in New Delhi.
Srikanth Meenakshi

Srikanth Meenakshi

Srikanth Meenakshi is founder and director, FundsIndia.com.
Shekhar Bhatia

Shekhar Bhatia

Shekhar Bhatia is a science buff and a geek at heart.
Sonal Agrawal

Sonal Agrawal

Sonal Agrawal is managing partner, Accord India, an executive search firm.
Siddharth Singh

Siddharth Singh

Siddharth Singh is Editor (Views) at Mint. Reluctant Duelist will take stock of matters economic, political and strategic—in India and elsewhere—every fortnight.
Sandipan Deb

Sandipan Deb

Sandipan Deb is a senior journalist and editor who is interested in puzzles of all forms.
Sevanti Ninan

Sevanti Ninan

Sevanti Ninan is a media critic, author and editor of the media watch website thehoot.org. She examines the larger issues related to the media in a fortnightly column.
Shuchi Bansal

Shuchi Bansal

Shuchi Bansal is marketing and media editor, Mint.
Shubha Mudgal

Shubha Mudgal

Shubha Mudgal is a well-known musician and performing artist.
Sunil Khilnani

Sunil Khilnani

Sunil Khilnani is Avantha professor and director of the King’s India Institute at King’s College London.
Sudeep Chakravarti

Sudeep Chakravarti

Sudeep Chakravarti is the author of Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country and Highway 39: Journeys through a Fractured Land. This column focuses on conflict situations in South Asia that directly affect business.
Samar Halarnkar

Samar Halarnkar

This is a column on easy, inventive cooking from a male perspective. Samar Halarnkar also writes the fortnightly science column Frontier Mail for Mint and is the author of the book The Married Man’s Guide to Creative Cooking—And Other Dubious Adventures.
Salil Tripathi

Salil Tripathi

Salil Tripathi writes the column Here, There, Everywhere for Mint.
Sidin Vadukut

Sidin Vadukut

Sidin Vadukut is editor, Mint Indulge. He takes a weekly look at pleasures and perils of corporate life.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay

Tamal Bandyopadhyay

Tamal Bandyopadhyay is deputy managing editor, Mint.
Tabish Khair

Tabish Khair

Tabish Khair’s new novel, How to Fight Islamist Terror From the Missionary Position, will be released by HarperCollins in India later in April.
Tjaco Walvis

Tjaco Walvis

Tjaco Walvis is the managing director of brand consulting and advertising agency THEY India, and a speaker at the Outstanding Speakers’ Bureau. He writes a fortnightly column on the softer cultural aspects of marketing that often tend to be ignored by marketers.
V. Anantha Nageswaran

V. Anantha Nageswaran

V. Anantha Nageswaran is the co-founder of Aavishkaar Venture Fund and Takshashila Institution.
Vipul Verma

Vipul Verma

Vipul Verma is chief executive officer, Moneyvistas.com.
Vandana Vasudevan

Vandana Vasudevan

Vandana Vasudevan is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and writes on mass urban consumer issues.
V. Philip

V. Philip

V. Philip is managing director and CEO, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.
V.K. Madhavan

V.K. Madhavan

V.K. Madhavan has worked in the not-for-profit sector for two decades and spent 15 years living and working in deserts and hills. He’s still on the fringe asking questions and looking for answers. He writes every fortnight.
V.R. Narayanaswami

V.R. Narayanaswami

V.R. Narayanaswami is a former professor of English, and has written several books and articles on the usage of the language. He looks at the peculiarities of business and popular English usage in his fortnightly column.
Vishakha Shivdasani

Vishakha Shivdasani

Vishakha Shivdasani is a Mumbai-based medical doctor with a fellowship in nutrition. She specializes in controlling diabetes, cholesterol and obesity.
W.P.S. Sidhu

W.P.S. Sidhu

W.P.S. Sidhu is a senior fellow at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. He writes on strategic affairs every fortnight.
Zac O'Yeah

Zac O'Yeah

Zac O'Yeah is the author of Once Upon a Time in Scandinavistan and Mr Majestic: The Tout of Bengaluru.