National Council of Applied Economic Research
Manish Sabharwal is Vice-Chairman of TeamLease Services, one of India’s leading staffing and human capital firm. Prior to co-founding TeamLease Services, he co-founded India Life, an HR outsourcing company in 1996 that was acquired in 2002 by a listed US company called Hewitt Associates. Consequently, he was CEO of Hewitt Outsourcing (Asia) based in Singapore for two years. Mr Sabharwal is a member of the National Skill Mission, Central Advisory Board of Education and has served on various policy committees for education, employment and employability. He served as an Independent Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and is a Member of Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). He is also Managing Trustee of the New India Foundation and is a columnist for Indian Express. He got his MBA from The Wharton School and is an alumnus of Shriram College, Delhi and Mayo College, Ajmer.
OPINION | The Economic Times
Why India needs to reform its degree apprentices programmes
Manish Sabharwal and Ramesh A Reddy
March 18, 2024
OPINION | The Economic Times
Shift of labour to non-farm jobs: Why it’s high time to reform India’s job-creation laws
Manish Sabharwal and Kartik Narayan
February 20, 2024
OPINION | The Indian Express
In today’s tech-savvy times, the importance of combining shaastra (knowledge) with shastra (weapons)
Manish Sabharwal and Ashish Dhawan
January 29, 2024
OPINION | Livemint
Let’s expand social security: Provident fund reforms are vital for India
Manish Sabharwal and Kartik Narayan
January 22, 2024
OPINION | The Indian Express
Distrust of employers is bred into Indian policy. It needs to end
Manish Sabharwal
January 08, 2024
OPINION | The Indian Express
Abrogation of Article 370 upheld: Better days lie ahead for Kashmiris
M N Sabharwal and Manish Sabharwal
December 12, 2023
OPINION | The Indian Express
What start-ups get wrong: Lessons from WeWork
Manish Sabharwal
November 13, 2023
OPINION | The Indian Express
Bihar caste survey is a cynical attempt to expand reservation — India needs a different approach
Manish Sabharwal
October 13, 2023
OPINION | The Indian Express
Anantnag attack: Pakistan’s terror factory won’t back down without new calculations
Manish Sabharwal
September 15, 2023
OPINION | The Indian Express
G20 in India: Time to pounce on an opportunity
Manish Sabharwal
August 21, 2023
OPINION | The Indian Express
How to renovate India’s soft power
Manish Sabharwal
June 10, 2023
OPINION | The Mint
Prevention is better than a cure: Let’s apply this adage to banking
N.S. Vishwanathan and Manish Sabharwal
April 25, 2023
OPINION | The Indian Express
Manish Sabharwal writes: For civil services, HR lessons from the military
Manish Sabharwal
April 20, 2023
OPINION | The Mint
Our labour market’s playing field is in the process of being levelled
Manish Sabharwal and Kartik Narayan
February 15, 2023
OPINION | The Indian Express
With Bharat Jodo Yatra ending in Kashmir, a reason to remember Sheikh Abdullah
Manish Sabharwal
February 03, 2023
OPINION | The Mint
Our software sector’s Antyodaya approach is positive for business
Manish Sabharwal and Sunil Chemmankotil
January 18, 2023