Aruna Sankaranarayanan is a visiting faculty member at the School of Education, Azim Premji University.

She has authored the book Zero Limits: Things Every 20 Something Should Know. She was the Founder & Director of PRAYATNA, a centre for children with learning difficulties in Bengaluru & Chennai for 22 years. 

She currently writes for The Hindu, Deccan Herald and Teacher Plus on teaching, learning, work, relationships and well-being. She also authors a monthly column, Youth, that addresses issues of young adults.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, and a doctorate in Psychology from Harvard University.