Chair Professor Prof. Dr. Rahul Mukherji
Prof. Dr. Rahul Mukherji holds a Professorship and Chair (W3) in Modern Politics of South Asia at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. He has served as Executive Director of the South Asia Institute (2020-2022) and Speaker for the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (2021-2022) at the university. Mukherji earlier held tenured positions at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (2003-2008, New Delhi) and at the National University of Singapore (2008-2016, Singapore). He has held lecturer positions at Hunter College, City University of New York (New York, 1996-1998), and at the University of Vermont (Burlington, 1999) as a PhD candidate and President’s Fellow of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1997-1999). He has held visiting positions at the Australian National University (Canberra, 2002), Fudan University (Shanghai, 2023) and at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai, 2023). He is currently a Visiting Research Professor and Bandodkar Chair in Political Economy at the University of Goa in India (2024-2025).
Prof. Dr. Mukherji serves on the board of journals such as Governance, Global Public Policy and Governance, Pacific Affairs, India Review, and the Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences. He is the editor of Indian Politics and Policy and a book series titled: Oxford Institutions and Development in South Asia series published by Oxford University Press, London.
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
- 1999: PhD, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York.
- 1992: M.Phil., Department of South Asia, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
- 1990: Master at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
- 1988: Bachelor in Economics (Honours) at Delhi University (DU), Delhi.
Jobs Held:
- 2020-2022: Managing Director of the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University
- 2021-2022: Speaker, Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS), Heidelberg University
- 2019: Co-Chair of the China-India Forum coordinated by Fudan University Shanghai
- 7 January 2008 - 14 June 2016: Associate Professor in the South Asian Studies Programme at the National University of Singapore, Singapore
- July 2014 - September 2015: Honorary Senior Fellow and Head of Research Department, Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS.
- 2006 - 2008: Associate Professor at the Centre for Policy Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
- 2003- 2006: Assistant Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi.
- 2001 - 2003: Fellow at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi.
- 1999 - 2001: Assistant Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
- 1999: Visiting Professorships at the Government Departments of Dartmouth College and Georgetown University – Declined.
- Spring 1999: Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vermont, Burlington.
- 1996-1998: Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Hunter College, City University of New York, New York.
Awards
- 2024 - 2025: Visiting Professor (Bandodkar Chair) in Political Economy, University of Goa, Goa, India.
- 2023 - 2024: Visiting Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
- 2023: Adjunct Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- 2021 - 2023: Non-resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore,
Singapore. - 2018: Visiting Scholar: Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
- July 2014 - September 2015: Honorary Senior Fellow and Head of Research Department, Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS.
- 2014: Office of Deputy President (Research and Technology), NUS Award for Research Excellence.
- 2012: Office of Deputy President (Research and Technology), NUS Award for Research Excellence.
- 2005 - 2006: Visiting Research Fellow – Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
- 2004: Associate, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies - Columbia University, New York.
- 2002: Visiting Fellow, Australia South Asia Research Centre - Economics Division, Research School of
Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. - 1997 - 1999: President’s Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Columbia University, New York.
- 1993 - 1996: Ambedkar Overseas Fellow in International Relations, Government of India, New Delhi.
Professional Service
- 2023 - present: Editor, Indian Politics and Policy
- 2021 - present: Member, International Editorial Board, Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences.
- 2020 - present: Member of the Editorial Board, Global Public Policy and Governance
https://www.springer.com/journal/43508
- 2018 - present: Series Editor: Institutions and Development in South Asia, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
- 2013 - present: Member of the Editorial Board, Bandung: Journal of the Global South (Springer).
- 2012 - present: Member of the Editorial Board, Pacific Affairs.
- 2016 - present : Member, Editorial Board, Governance.
- 2007 - present: Member, Research Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.
- 2004 - present: Contributing Editor, India Review
