20 Facts About Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav was born on 5 September 1963 and is an Indian activist, psephologist and politician whose primary interests are in the political and social sciences.

Yogendra Yadav was a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi from 2004 to 2016.

Yogendra Yadav is a former member of University Grants Commission and National Advisory Council on Right to Education Act constituted by Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Govt of India, in 2010.

Yogendra Yadav was a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party until 2015.

Yogendra Yadav was the founding National President of Swaraj India, a registered political party.

Yogendra Yadav's father was a professor of economics and his paternal grandfather was a teacher.

Yogendra Yadav's wife, Madhulika Banerjee, is a professor at the University of Delhi.

Yogendra Yadav says that his original name, and its continued usage among family members and friends, reflects a familial response to the murder of his grandfather in a communal riot in 1936.

Yogendra Yadav was founder-director of the CSDS Lokniti research programme on comparative democracy between 1997 and 2003.

Yogendra Yadav was appointed as a member of the National Advisory Council for the implementation of the Right to Education Act in 2010.

Yogendra Yadav was appointed a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in 2004.

In 2011, Yogendra Yadav supported the general aims of, and spoke publicly at events, during the nationwide anti-corruption protests and later joined the Aam Aadmi Party, formed by anti-corruption activists.

Yogendra Yadav served as a member of the National Executive of the party.

Yogendra Yadav contested the 2014 Indian general elections from Gurgaon constituency as an AAP candidate.

On 4 March 2015, Yogendra Yadav was voted out of AAP's Political Affairs Committee.

Yogendra Yadav denied being involved in anti-party activities and stated that he was victimised for challenging "dictatorial ways" of the party's chief Arvind Kejriwal.

Yogendra Yadav urged Delhi voters to choose NOTA in 2019 Indian general election as no political parties in Delhi have fulfilled their promises.

In 2022, Yogendra Yadav joined Rahul Gandhi - led Bharat Jodo Yatra and described the Yatra as a Dakshinayana movement of India, where the influences of the South are carried to the North.

Yogendra Yadav supports removing English language as a medium of teaching from higher education while opposing replacing it with Hindi.

In 2008, Yogendra Yadav received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Development Studies.