Mukul Sharma is a Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University. Before this, he was the Professor and Head, Department of Development Communication, and Dean, Academics, at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi (2014-2019). His formal academic qualification is in Political Science. Since 1984, he has worked in academic, development and media sectors. He has published sixteen books and booklets in English and Hindi, the latest being, Dalit aur Prakriti: Jati aur Bhartiya Paryavarn Aaandolan (Delhi: Vani Prakashan, 2020, in Hindi), Caste & Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017), Green and Saffron: Hindu Nationalism and Indian Environmental Politics (Ranikhet: Permanent Black, 2012), and Human Rights in a Globalised World: An Indian Diary.