Anurag Shekhar is affiliated with the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg. He has been engaged in doctoral studies in Human Resource Development with a focus on mental health and happiness. His research involves topics such as employee well-being, intersectionality, workplace mental health equity, and the effects of AI on work and psychological contracts.
Shekhar has co-authored multiple publications including Intersectionality and well-being in an India-based information technology company (2025), Enhancing employee well-being through a culturally adapted training program: a mixed-methods study in South Africa (2025), Algorithmic anxiety: AI, work, and the evolving psychological contract in digital discourse (2026), and Advancing workplace mental health equity in post-apartheid South Africa: an intersectional mixed-methods study (2026). His work appears in journals such as the SA Journal of Human Resource Management and Frontiers in Psychology.