Mukul Menon joined the University of Tübingen as a PhD researcher in 2025 as part of the MANTRAMS project and is working under the supervision of Jun.-Prof. Dr. Carola Lorea and Prof. Dr. Heike Oberlin. His broad research interests lie at the intersections of South Asian music and auditory practices, religion, and the formation of related publics and identities. His current project examines the sonic efficacies of domestic and congregational singing practices associated with Tuñcattŭ Eḻuttacchan's Adhyātmarāmāyaṇam Kiḷippāṭṭu in Kerala.
Mukul holds an MA in Media Arts Cultures from Aalborg University, University of Łódź, and Danube University Krems as part of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Program. He also completed an MA in Global Media and Communications from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, supported by the Felix Trust, and a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. Before joining academia, he worked as a planner and filmmaker in India with organisations including Jones Lang Lasalle, Aarohi, and Sankalpa Rural Development Society.
