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Vipul Mudgal
Vipul Mudgal, in his office of The Common Cause, New Delhi (2024).
Born (1960-06-08) June 8, 1960 (age 64)
Mathura
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materLeicester University

Indian Institute of Mass Communication

St. John's College, Agra
Organization(s)Common Cause, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

Vipul Mudgal (born 8 June 1960) is a journalist, academician and social activist. He is the director of a public right-based NGO, Common Cause, New Delhi.

He was associated with Hindustan Times, Asia Times and BBC as journalist. He was the visiting senior fellow at Centre for the Study of Developing Studies (CSDS) and also headed a team names 'Inclusive Media for Change'.

He has the recipient of fellowships, like Reagan Fascell Democracy Fellowship (2020), Jefferson and Nehru Centenary British Fellowship.

Education

He holds a doctorate in media studies from Leicester University, UK in addition to receiving the Nehru Centenary British Fellowship and the Jefferson Fellowship at the East-West Centre in Hawaii.[1][2][3]

Career

His career graph and expertise span across all three professions – journalism, academia and social work since the 1980s.

As a Journalist

He began his career as a journalist with the Hindustan Times in Delhi and was made the newspaper's correspondent in Amritsar, which was the centre and symbol of Punjab politics at the time. He later became a senior correspondent of India Today at Chandigarh to cover Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir. He later served as the Resident Editor of Hindustan Times in Jaipur and Lucknow, Regional Editor of Asia Times in Bangkok and a BBC journalist in London and Delhi.[4] [1][5]

He has written a great deal on militancy, extremism, and terrorism, particularly on the perils of extrajudicial methods used by the police such as torture and fictitious police encounters, etc.[6][7]

As an Academician

He joined the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi in 2009 where he headed the Inclusive Media for Change, a clearing house of ideas on development alternatives and he completed his Visiting Senior Fellowship at CSDS in October 2014.[8][9][3]

As a Social Activist

He is the director of public right-based NGO, the Common Cause, New Delhi.[10] He leads the NGO's work for probity in public life and governance reforms. As the director, he also heads the team which works on people-centric policing and brings out an annual report named 'Status of Policing in India Report' (SPIR).[11]

Under his directorship 'Common Cause' fought several public-interest court cases (PILs) such as the establishment of 'Lokpal' in India, the PIL against large-scale political advertising with the misuse of public money (2014)[12][13] and the PIL for 'Living Will' or the Right to Die with Dignity[14], the coal scam case[15] and challenging the illegal appointments of the directors or CBI and ED, among many other cases.[16][17] In 2024, under the leadership of Vipul, Common Cause also challenged the Electoral Bonds Scheme as a co-petitioner with Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which was later declared unconstitutional by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India.[18][19][20]

Work and Reception

He writes articles in reputed periodicals and dailies like Economic & Political Weekly,[21] Journal of Democracy,[22] and The Wire[11] regularly.

The Hindu have done podcast with him on the issues like Policing, Corruption and Surveillance.[10] Carnegie Endowment, Washington DC, have also done a series of podcast 'Grand Tamasha' on India's Policing Challenges with him.[23]

Fellowships

Vipul has received fellowship from respected institutions and organizations all over the world.

  • Reagan Fascell Democracy Fellowship (2020) Awarded through open global competition at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, based in Washington DC.[22]
  • CSDS Senior Visiting Fellowship (2013–2014).[24][3]
  • Jefferson Fellowship 2003 (East-West Centre, Hawaii, USA) Awarded through an open, global competition to work on democratic responses to terrorism/ insurgency and its media coverage.[3][1]
  • Nehru Centenary British Fellowship 1991-95 (UK) Awarded through nationwide open competition for a doctorate on media and terrorism; PhD awarded in 1995.[3][1]

Publications

Editor

  • Claiming India from Below: Citizen Activism and democratic Transformation, 2016; Routledge(London), ISBN 9780815395843 [3]
  • Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India as part of Journalism Theory and Practice Series, 2017; Routledge (London) (Jointly with Prof Shakuntala Rao of State Univ. of NY), ISBN 9780367075781 [25]

Book Chapters

  • “New For Sale: Media Ethics and India’s Democratic Public Sphere” in Rao and Wasserman, Media Justice in the Age of Globalization, 2015; Palgrave Macmillan(London), ISBN 978-1-137-49826-7 [26]
  • “Media, Markets & Democracy: A Media Person’s Point of View,” in B Dasgupta; Market, Media and Democracy, 2011; Progressive Publishers and IDS, Kolkata, ISBN 9788180642029
  • "Status of Policing in India reports: 2018 and 2019" in Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah and Varsha Aithala; Crime Victimisation in India, 2022; Springer Series on Asian Criminology and Criminal Justice Research, Springer, ISBN 9783031122507[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Who We Are | Association for Democratic Reforms". adrindia.org. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  2. ^ "Vipul Mudgal". Delhi Poetry Festival 2022. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Claiming India from Below: Activism and democratic transformation". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  4. ^ "First CSE Media Fellowship for the South Asian Region 'Climate Change in South Asia: Indications, Impacts and Innovations for Survival'". www.cseindia.org. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  5. ^ "Fellowship Approval Committee – School for Democracy". Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  6. ^ "What Ajit Doval did during Operation Black Thunder II". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  7. ^ "Terrorist violence escalates in Punjab". India Today. 1988-11-30. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  8. ^ "Common Cause". www.commoncause.in. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  9. ^ "Vipul Mudgal | Commutiny - The Youth Collective". commutiny.in. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  10. ^ a b Baruah, Amit (2024-04-08). "How is India faring in the battle against corruption | In Focus podcast". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  11. ^ a b "Public Protests Are Vital to Disrupt the Status Quo That Led to George Floyd's Death". The Wire. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  12. ^ "The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture". thewire.in. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  13. ^ Bench, Bar & (2019-03-21). "Why did Central Government appoint Lokpal? Because Supreme Court was breathing down its neck". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  14. ^ "India allows 'living wills' for terminally ill". 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  15. ^ "Kerala: Start-up plans to raise resources to improve RTE implementation". The Indian Express. 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  16. ^ "'Invalid': Supreme Court on Govt's Extensions to ED Chief S.K. Mishra After Its 2021 Order". The Wire. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  17. ^ Das, Awstika (2023-07-11). "Supreme Court Invalidates Extensions Given For ED Director SK Mishra's Terms; Permits Him To Continue Till July 31". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  18. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-03-04). "ADR says it will oppose SBI plea on electoral bonds". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-07-03. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  19. ^ "SC to hear petition challenging electoral bonds: What is the scheme and its criticisms?". The Indian Express. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  20. ^ "Kerala: Start-up plans to raise resources to improve RTE implementation". The Indian Express. 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  21. ^ "Vipul Mudgal | Economic and Political Weekly". www.epw.in. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  22. ^ a b "Author: Vipul Mudgal". Journal of Democracy. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  23. ^ "‎Grand Tamasha on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  24. ^ Tilak, Sudha G. "Opinion divided over Indian opinion polls". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  25. ^ "Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  26. ^ Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization. doi:10.1057/9781137498267.
  27. ^ Crime Victimisation in India. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12251-4#toc.
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