Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav
Yadav in 2024
Born (1963-09-05) 5 September 1963 (age 61)
NationalityIndian
Alma materRajasthan University (BA)
Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA)
Panjab University (MPhil) [1]
Occupation(s)Psephologist, writer, activist, politician
Political partySwaraj India (2016-present)
Aam Aadmi Party (2012-2015)
SpouseMadhulika Banerjee
WebsiteYogendra Yadav on Twitter

Yogendra Yadav (born 5 September 1963) is an Indian activist, psephologist and politician whose primary interests are in the political and social sciences.[2][3][4] He was a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi from 2004 to 2016. He is a former member of University Grants Commission (UGC) and National Advisory Council on the Right to Education Act (NAC-RTE) constituted by Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Govt of India, in 2010.[5] He was a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party until 2015.

Yadav is a founding member of Swaraj Abhiyan and Jai Kisan Andolan.[6] He was the founding National President of Swaraj India, a registered political party.[7]

  1. ^ "Yogendra Yadav | Center for Contemporary South Asia".
  2. ^ Menon, Keerthana (5 June 2024). "Did Yogendra Yadav's Lok Sabha poll prediction come true?". The Week. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "ECs stubborn stand on VVPAT audit of just one booth per constituency must change". ThePrint. 27 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Real reason no govt wants OBC count in Census – it will reveal inconvenient truths". ThePrint. 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "HRD panel".
  6. ^ "Swaraj India: Yadav, Bhushan finalise national team, launch farmer movement". Firstpost. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. ^ Gass, Saul I.; Harris, Carl M. (2001). "Malcolm baldridge award". Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. p. 471. doi:10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_571. ISBN 978-0-7923-7827-3.