Director - IKS Education & Public Policy
Anurag has a doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He is a recipient of prestigious fellowships such as JPAL and the Star Scholars’ Program. His research interests include discourse technology in education, the history of education, decolonizing education, arts and culture, and the civilizational heritage of India.
Nietzsche's captivating exploration of Schopenhauer's educational paradigm unveils a transformative vision that transcends mediocrity, emphasizing personalized learning, moral virtue in teachers, and the transformative power of education to reshape individuals and society.
The article makes an attempt to re-discover the enchanting allure of necklaces in ancient Indian literature, where radiant gems were intertwined with emotion, spirituality, and cultural practices.
Through the strands of time, the article unravels the secrets of these ancient Indian coiffures, discovering a captivating world where hair was not just an accessory but a medium for artistic expression and cultural significance.
A reflective piece that traces how our developmental gaze in India has long imagined the river as a fixed line to be mapped, managed, and monumentalized while ignoring the more intimate, seasonal logic of wetness that has traditionally shaped our relationship with water.
The article investigates the profound impact of colonial powers on Bengal’s pre- colonial learning centres through their cunning manipulation of the hearts and minds of people, leading to the decline of traditional wisdom and the emergence of English-dominated colonial education.
An article reflecting on James Stephanoff’s An Assemblage of Works of Art. The piece explores how museum displays and aesthetic arrangements are deeply implicated in the politics of representation, meaning-making, and epistemic control.
Nītividhāna Edition 1
The policy learning camp offered by Chinmaya International Foundation and Bṛhat is an intensive, four-day residential immersion program in today's burning issues. This program is intended as an introduction to Public Policy, And its roots in Political Philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of both the Eastern and Western traditions. It attempts to provide a global overview of Political Philosophy and how these philosophical traditions developed and evolved within a context, and how the politics of those times played a role in establishing some traditions as dominant.
May 2023
Nītividhāna Auroville
Integral Approaches to Education, Sustainability & Governance 3-Day Workshop, Auroville | 16 Hours | Theory & Praxis
November 2024
Nītividhāna Edition 4
Nītividhāna Edition 4 is an online certificate public-policy program offered by Bṛhat in partnership with Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (NAAC A++), Kanpur and AURO University, Surat.
July 2025
Nītividhāna Edition 3
Nītividhāna introduces public policy with a focus on Indian knowledge systems. In its 3rd edition, it is an online certificate public- policy program offered by Bṛhat in partnership with Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur and Association of Indian Universities.
October 2024
