Rahul Mukhopadhyay

Rahul has earlier worked with Azim Premji Foundation, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai and Wipro Foundation, as a Visiting Faculty and Consultant. He has also worked as a full-time faculty member at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, earlier in his career.

His Doctoral dissertation, ‘Anthropology of the Education Bureaucracy’, was an anthropological study of the complexities of the everyday functioning of a state-level educational bureaucracy, from the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru.

His research work has been in the following areas: Right to Education (RTE), the changing nature of the public and private in school education, early childhood education, accountability in school systems, and education regulation.

He has prior experience and continuing interest in engaging collaboratively with civil society organisations working in the domain of school education. He is currently interested in working in the area of children’s libraries.

Publications

Edited Book

Jain, M., Mehendale, A., Mukhopadhyay, R., Sarangapani, P. M., & Winch, C. (Eds.) (2018). School Education in India: Market, State and Quality. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/School-Education-in-India-Market-State-and-Quality/Jain-Mehendale-Mukhopadhyay-Sarangapani-Winch/p/book/9780367734626

Chapters in Edited Books

Mehendale, A., & Mukhopadhyay, R. (2019). School system and education policy in India: Charting the contours. In P. M. Sarangapani, R. Pappu (Eds.), Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia, Global Education Systems. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978 – 981-13 – 3309-5_13‑1
Mukhopadhyay, R., & Ali, S. (2019). Teachers as agents and policy actors: The NPM and an alternative imagination. In P. M. Sarangapani, R. Pappu (Eds.), Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia, Global Education Systems. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978 – 981-15 – 0032-9_29
Mukhopadhyay, R., & Mukunda, K. (2017). Cultures of fear: children in school. In T.S. Saraswathi, S. Menon, and A. Madan (Eds.), Childhoods in India: Traditions, Trends and Transformations. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Childhoods-in-India-Traditions-Trends-and-Transformations/Saraswathi-Menon-Madan/p/book/9780367345143
Mukhopadhyay, R. (2010). PPPs in delivery of elementary education: Present imperfect, future alternatives. In G Ramesh, V Nagadevara, G Naik, and A Suraj (Eds.), Public Private Partnerships. Routledge.
Mukhopadhyay, R. (2009). Changing mindsets about quality. In P. Rustagi (Ed.), Concerns, Conflicts, and Cohesions: Universalisation of Elementary Education in India (pp. 172 – 186). Oxford University Press.

Journal Articles

Mukhopadhyay, R. (2024). Changing contours of NGOs’ engagements with governments for educational change. Samuhik Pahal: A Journal of Our Collective Action, 5 – 8. https://issuu.com/wiprofoundation/docs/samuhik_pahal_vol_4_issue_2_-_working_with_the_gov/s/42295404
Jacob, S., & Mukhopadhyay, R. (2023). Critical questions for evaluation in the Indian context. Asia Pacific Journal of Evaluation, 1(1). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wMAC3h91p7LTE3CB2ztvd5iLS9yoT0VL/view?pli=1
Jacob, S., & Mukhopadhyay, R. (2022) Evaluation practices: A continuing evolution. Samuhik Pahal: A Journal of Our Collective Action, 1 – 42. https://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/4406/
Majumdar, M., Mukhopadhyay, R., & Das, B. (2021). Preschooling in India: Readying children for a race? Contemporary Education Dialogue, 18(1), 90 – 116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973184920977557
Lahoti, R., & Mukhopadhyay, R. (2019). School choice in rural India: Perceptions and realities in four states. Economic and Political Weekly, 54(49), 51 – 57. https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/49/special-articles/school-choice-rural-india.html
Majumdar, M., & Mukhopadhyay, R. (2018). English immersion and Bangla floatation? Rendering a collective choice private. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2018(253), 79 – 102. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2018 – 0024
Sriprakash, A., & Mukhopadhyay, R. (2015). Reflexivity and the politics of knowledge: researchers as ‘brokers’ and ‘translators’ of educational development. Comparative Education, 51(2), 231 – 246. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2014.996027
Mehendale, A., Mukhopadhyay, R., & Namala, A. (2015). Right to Education and inclusion in private unaided schools. Economic & Political Weekly, 50(7), 43 – 51. https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/7/special-articles/right-education-and-inclusion-private-unaided-schools.html
Mukhopadhyay, R., & Narayanan, V. (2014). ‘The Ignorant Schoolmaster’: Jacotot / Rancière on Equality, Emancipation and Education. Contemporary Education Dialogue, 11(2), 221 – 234. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973184914529037
Mukhopadhyay, R., and A. Sriprakash. (2012). Target-driven reforms: Education for all and the translations of equity and inclusion in India. Journal of Education Policy, 28(3), 306 – 321. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2012.718362
Mukhopadhyay, R., and A. Sriprakash. (2011). Global frameworks, local contingencies: Policy translations and education development in India. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 41(3), 311 – 326. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2010.534668
Mukhopadhyay, R., S. Udupa, S. Routray, & S. Peddi. (2007). Research programmes for engaged social sciences. Economic & Political Weekly, 42(48), 19 – 21. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40276710

Online Article

Vasavi, A.R., Mukhopadhyay, R. (2008). Learning loss and the education bureaucracy. India Together. URL: http://www.indiatogether.org/2008/aug/edu-edubabu.htm