Mukul Sharma
professor
Development Communication
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
India
Biography
Mukul Sharma is a professor in development communication. He has been a journalist, writer and development professional specializing in development, environment, social and human rights issues. He has received 12 national and international awards for his environmental, meal and human rights journalism including the statesman rural reporting award, sanskriti award and best asian journalist award for environmental reporting. In development sector, he has worked in Amnesty International, Action Aid International and UNDP at senior national and regional positions. He has published 14 books, the latest being is Green & saffron, Hindu Nationalism and Indian Environmental politics.
Research Interest
Development Communication, Environment, Social and Human rights issues
Publications
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Clamping Down on Workers Rights: Labor Laws Under The Tories in the 1980s, Reuter Foundation Paper 25, Green College, Oxford, 1995, pp. 1-21.
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The Untouchable Present: Everyday Life of Musahars in North Bihar, EPW, 34, 49, 4 December 1999, pp. 3465-70.
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Brazil: Lands of Conflict, Frontline, 5 July 2002, pp. 62-64.
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Saffronizing Green, Seminar, August 2002, pp. 26-30.
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A Bitter Harvest: Indonesias Huge Oil Palm Plantations, Frontline, 6 June 2003, pp. 62-64.
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Livelihood Issues: Deep Rooted Trouble, Frontline, 21, 2004, pp. 42-46.
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Fisherfolk and Coastal Conflicts, in Media Crossing Borders, ed. Rita Manchanda, South Asia Forum for Human Rights, Nepal, 2004, pp. 145-51.
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USA: Struggle Against Toxic Water, EPW, 22 May 2004, pp. 2099-100.
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USA: Struggle Against Toxic Water, EPW, 22 May 2004, pp. 2099-100.
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Blurred Borders: Coastal Conflicts between Indian and Pakistan, EPW, 39, 27, 3 July 2004, pp. 3005-15.
