Harsh Mander (born 17 April 1955) is an Indian author,[1] columnist,[2][3][4] researcher, teacher, and social activist[5] who started the Karwan-e-Mohabbat campaign in solidarity with the victims of communal or religiously motivated violence.

[8] Mander formerly worked in the Indian Administrative Services(IAS),[9] serving in the predominantly tribal states of Madhya Pradesh[10] and Chhattisgarh for almost two decades.

[14][15] Harsh Mander teaches courses on poverty and governance at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad,[16][17] and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

He taught at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi and at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie while he was Deputy Director of the institution, during which he also played a dominant role in the Right to Information Act (RTI).

Harsh Mander has written and co-authored[1] several books and regularly writes columns[19][4][3] for newspapers like The Hindu,[2] Hindustan Times[20] and Dainik Bhaskar, and contributes frequently to scholarly journals.