Rila Mukherjee

Rila Mukherjee is a historian and author. She is a professor at the University of Hyderabad. She is a scholar of Indian Ocean studies.

Early life and education
Mukherjee's father, Ramkrishna Mukherjee, and mother, Prabhati Mukherjee, were academics.

Mukherjee completed her PhD from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

Career
Mukherjee taught history at Jadavpur University from 1992 to 2007. She joined the University of Hyderabad in 2007. She is a fellow of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. She is a staff member of the International Institute for Asian Studies. She is the editor of the Asian Review of World Histories published by the Asian Association of World Historians.