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Business News > Mint Authors > Anurag Behar

Anurag Behar

Mint columnist

Anurag Behar is CEO of Azim Premji Foundation.

ARTICLES BY ANURAG BEHAR

What travels under the banner of progressive education can, in effect, be deeply regressive. (Mint)

Educational risk: theories of pedagogy mustn’t turn into hard doctrines

4 min read . 08 Jul 2026

Given the asymmetry of the donor-grantee relationship, donors must be especially careful about what they say and how. (AI-generated)

Azim Premji Foundation CEO: Why the behaviour of donors matters

4 min read . 24 Jun 2026

Schools are important, but they are not the only place where children learn. (Mint)

Too much to learn, too little time: why less is more when it comes to education

4 min read . 10 Jun 2026

Students in classes six to 12 move through dense theoretical content across multiple subjects all within a fixed school day.

Education reform: Liberate Indian schooling from an information overload

3 min read . 27 May 2026

The astonishing dichotomies in India that its more affluent residents are blind to cannot be blamed on policy and governance failure. (Bloomberg)

Empathy may be the revival India needs most urgently right now

4 min read . 13 May 2026

The word ‘impact’ conjures the image of a mechanistic world where levers produce predictable outcomes, but social and human systems are not like this. (Pratham )

Impact, what impact? Why honest vocabulary is vital for India’s social sector

4 min read . 15 Apr 2026

The wages of construction workers do not reflect dignity of labour or demands of the work. (Bloomberg)

Construction labour scarcity: Builders only have themselves to blame

4 min read . 01 Apr 2026

There is a messianic quality to much of today’s discourse around the AI revolution. (AI-generated image)

Pride in AI: It's a dangerous force if it rejects the reins of collective wisdom

4 min read . 18 Mar 2026

Laughter, particularly at oneself, is underrated as a tool for effectiveness and sanity in social sector work.

Social sector leaders, escape temptation by learning to laugh at yourself

4 min read . 18 Feb 2026

Education and the vast systems created for it are the primary organized societal mechanism for developing children’s capacity to deal with the world and shape it. (istockphoto)

Why we must shield education from the growing miasma around us

4 min read . 04 Feb 2026

In the long arc of history, nothing else is more consequential than the cumulation of human acts of courage and empathy. (REUTERS)

We see compassion everywhere but Barmer remains a rare crucible of humanity

4 min read . 07 Jan 2026

No time, place or status can stop us from leading a consequential life, so long as we try to do good and love truly. (istockphoto)

Why a life of consequence isn’t hard to lead: Do good and love truly

4 min read . 24 Dec 2025

Learning from the kindness of strangers is among the most precious things running can give. (istockphoto)

The kindness of strangers is one of the great unexpected rewards of running

4 min read . 11 Dec 2025

There is a reservoir of yearning for action and change in society. (AP)

The fight against abject poverty: Everybody can and should pitch in

4 min read . 27 Nov 2025

India has moved to artificial intelligence and robotic neurosurgery but in some parts it’s easier to die than reach the road. (AP)

We mustn't miss the ground realities even as we aim for big economic goals

4 min read . 12 Nov 2025

Anything that alters what constitutes our humanity must be handled with great care. (istockphoto)

AI is like a mind-altering drug: Should our children be test subjects?

4 min read . 29 Oct 2025

The most significant practical support donors can offer NGOs is not just funding, but swift and clear decisions. (istockphoto)

Social sector: Are donors helping India’s NGOs or holding them back?

4 min read . 15 Oct 2025

An unreliable research ecosystem is dangerous. (Mint)

Beware the false authority of flaky academic research: Put it to scrutiny

4 min read . 02 Oct 2025

At the heart of education is the teacher and her relationship with her students and technology cannot replace that. (istockphoto)

AI bot in the classroom: Time to fight off this attack on education

4 min read . 17 Sept 2025

Streaming video feeds from classrooms and other such approaches are knee-jerk responses. (HT )

Education accountability: Dump classroom cameras and trust teachers

4 min read . 03 Sept 2025