Manhar Bansal

Election Year: 2026

Election Constituency: India

Scholar Status: Scholar Elect

Rhodes Identifier: India, 2026

Manhar Bansal

Biography

Manhar is a final year undergraduate student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. His academic interests lie in philosophy and literature. He is interested in theorising the possibility of a human self that is attuned but not reducible to its socio-historical specificities. He has been learning French, writes for his public newsletter, and enjoys film, poetry, and dancing, while continuing to struggle with swimming. Manhar is committed to introducing humanistic education to young people with the conviction that the work of change is first and foremost the work of fearless imagination.