Dr. N. Mythili

Dr. N. Mythili is an education policy specialist with over 25 years of experience in school leadership, educational governance, teacher education, and policy implementation. She is an Associate Professor and founding faculty member at Mahindra University's School of Education. Her work spans national policy research, curriculum development, capacity building, and large-scale implementation of school leadership programmes across India. She has played a key role in Government of India initiatives, including the National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA), the National Centre for School Leadership (NCSL), and CBSE's Pedagogical Leadership Programme. She has also contributed to UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2024 (India Country Profile), Telangana Education Policy 2026 and continues to advise state and national governments on education leadership and governance reforms. She participated in the Global Education Leadership Seminar at the International Institute of Educational Planning (IIEP), UNESCO, Paris in 2024.

Past Affiliations:

•  National Centre for School Leadership (NCSL), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
• Azim Premji Foundation, Bengaluru
• Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru
• Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research (CMDR), Dharwad
• Trained Graduate Teacher (School Education)

Educational Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Education, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) & University of Mysore (2006)
• M.Ed., Bangalore University
• B.Ed., Bangalore University
• Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
• Certificate in Educational Leadership, UNESCO–IIEP, Paris (2024)

Publications / Professional Contributions:

• Pedagogical Leadership: A Handbook for Leading Learning in Schools (CBSE, 2020).Link: https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Manuals/Pedagogical-leadership-Handbook.pdf
  School Leadership in India: Styles, Behaviours, Functions and Practices (2024).Link: https://www.routledge.com/School-Leadership-in-India-Styles-Behaviours-Functions-and-Practices/Mythili/p/book/9781032390581
  UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2024 – India Country Profile.Report: https://www.unesco.org/reports/gem-report/en/2024
• Mythili, N (2025). School leadership and governance in India: Interaction, interrelatedness, interdependence. ISBN 9781032737775, Routledge, UK
• Mythili, N (2022). “Mastering the Art of Fixing Ethical Dilemmas: Women leading schools in India”. In Victoria Shownmi, Charol Shakeshaft, and Izhar Oplatka (eds) The Bloomsbury International handbook on Gender and Educational leadership. USA: Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9781350173163 (book Chapter)
• Mythili, N (2020). “Regional Diversity, School Leadership and Quality Education in North Eastern States. In J B G Tilak (eds) “Universalization of Secondary Education. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2020). ISBN: 978-981-15-5365-3 ( book chapter). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5366-0_8
• Mythili, N (2019). “Women in School Leadership” New Delhi: Sage Publishers Pvt Ltd, India. ISBN: 978-93-532-8378-0. Also available on digital library platforms: SAGE Knowledge. & e-vidhya https://doi.org/10.4135/9789353287702