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Yadav is the founder-convenor (1995- 2002) of the Lokniti network and the founder-director (1997-2003) of Lokniti, a research programme on comparative democracy of the CSDS.{{cn|date=July 2013}} Since 1996, he has been a psephologist and political commentator on a number of television channels in India including [[Doordarshan]], [[NDTV]] and [[CNN-IBN]].{{cn|date=July 2013}}
Yadav is the founder-convenor (1995- 2002) of the Lokniti network and the founder-director (1997-2003) of Lokniti, a research programme on comparative democracy of the CSDS.{{cn|date=July 2013}} Since 1996, he has been a psephologist and political commentator on a number of television channels in India including [[Doordarshan]], [[NDTV]] and [[CNN-IBN]].{{cn|date=July 2013}}


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During the 2009 general election, Yadav advised [[Rahul Gandhi]], then the vice-president of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-expert-boost-is-the-secret-of-rahul-s-raw-power-1237840 |title=Expert boost is the secret of Rahul's raw power |publisher=DNA |date= |accessdate=29 December 2013}}</ref> He was appointed as a member of the National Advisory Council for the implementation of the [[Right to Education Bill|Right to Education Act]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times of India |title=HRD panel to oversee RTE rollout |agency=TNN |date=26 June 2010 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/HRD-panel-to-oversee-RTE-rollout/articleshow/6091867.cms |accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref> He was appointed a Senior Fellow at the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] in 2004.<ref name=cv>{{cite web |url=http://www.lokniti.org/people_lokniti_yogendrayadav.htm |title=Professor Yogendra Yadav |publisher=Centre for the Study of Developing Societies |location=Delhi |accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref>

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Senior Fellow at the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] in 2004.<ref name=cv>{{cite web |url=http://www.lokniti.org/people_lokniti_yogendrayadav.htm |title=Professor Yogendra Yadav |publisher=Centre for the Study of Developing Societies |location=Delhi |accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref>


In 2011, he took part in the nationwide anti-corruption protests and later joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=FirstPost |title=Kejriwal’s A-Team: The who’s who of the Aam Aadmi Party|date=26 November 2012|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kejriwals-a-team-the-whos-who-of-the-aam-aadmi-party-535873.html}}</ref> {{as of|2013}}, Yadav is a member of the National Executive of the party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/page/national-executive |publisher=Aam Aadmi Party |title=National Executive |accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> His involvement with the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] was perceived as creating a conflict of interest with his July 2011 appointment as a member of the [[University Grants Commission]], resulting in the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] retiring him from the latter role in September 2013. Yadav had attempted to argue that there was no conflict.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times of India |title=HRD ministry 'retires' Yogendra Yadav as UGC member|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-18/india/42181999_1_hrd-ministry-aam-aadmi-party-ugc-act |first=Akshaya |last=Mukul |date=18 September 2013 |accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref>
In 2011, he took part in the nationwide anti-corruption protests and later joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=FirstPost |title=Kejriwal’s A-Team: The who’s who of the Aam Aadmi Party|date=26 November 2012|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kejriwals-a-team-the-whos-who-of-the-aam-aadmi-party-535873.html}}</ref> {{as of|2013}}, Yadav is a member of the National Executive of the party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/page/national-executive |publisher=Aam Aadmi Party |title=National Executive |accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> His involvement with the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] was perceived as creating a conflict of interest with his July 2011 appointment as a member of the [[University Grants Commission]], resulting in the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] retiring him from the latter role in September 2013. Yadav had attempted to argue that there was no conflict.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times of India |title=HRD ministry 'retires' Yogendra Yadav as UGC member|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-18/india/42181999_1_hrd-ministry-aam-aadmi-party-ugc-act |first=Akshaya |last=Mukul |date=18 September 2013 |accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref>

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Yogendra Singh Yadav
Political partyAam Admi Party

Yogendra Singh Yadav is an Indian social scientist who has become involved in electoral politics as a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. His areas of academic interest include democratic theory, election studies, survey research, political theory, modern Indian political thought and Indian socialism. Yogendra Yadav is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi since 2004.[1]

Career

Yadav is the founder-convenor (1995- 2002) of the Lokniti network and the founder-director (1997-2003) of Lokniti, a research programme on comparative democracy of the CSDS.[citation needed] Since 1996, he has been a psephologist and political commentator on a number of television channels in India including Doordarshan, NDTV and CNN-IBN.[citation needed] 

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Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in 2004.[2]

In 2011, he took part in the nationwide anti-corruption protests and later joined the Aam Aadmi Party.[3] As of 2013, Yadav is a member of the National Executive of the party.[4] His involvement with the Aam Aadmi Party was perceived as creating a conflict of interest with his July 2011 appointment as a member of the University Grants Commission, resulting in the Ministry of Human Resource Development retiring him from the latter role in September 2013. Yadav had attempted to argue that there was no conflict.[5]

Academic achievements, awards, and honors

  • 2008 : Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Development Studies. [2]
  • 2009 : Global South Solidarity Award by The International Political Science Association in recognition of outstanding work on the politics of the developing world".[6]

Publications

Yadav was involved in designing and coordinating the National Election Studies, a series of academic surveys of the Indian electorate, from 1996 to 2009.[citation needed] He has published many academic papers in various books and journals and has written over two hundred articles in newspapers and magazines.[citation needed] He is one of the General Editors[citation needed] of Lokchhintan and Lokchintak Granthamala, a series of social science anthologies in Hindi and is on the International Advisory Board of the European Journal of Political Research.[citation needed] He is the editor of Samayik Varta, a monthly journal published in Hindi.[citation needed]

Books

  • State of Democracy in South Asia (2008) co-authored and co-edited (with Sandeep Shastri and K C Suri).
  • Electoral Politics in Indian States (2009).
  • Democracy in Multi-national Societies (2010) co-authored with Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz.

Series edited

Lokchintan Granthamala, a series of anthologies on social science in Hindi (with V. B. Singh), Vani Prakashan, Delhi. Volumes published under this series (edited by Abhay Kumar Dubey):

  • Loktantra ke saat adhyaya, 2002
  • Adhunikata ke aine mein Dalit, 2002
  • Bharat ka Bhoomandalikaran, 2003
  • Beech Bahas mein Secularwad, 2004,2005

Research articles

Articles published include:

  • “Between fortuna and virtu: Explaining Congress’ Ambiguous Victory in 2009”, Economic and Political Weekly, 26 September 2009. [2]
  • ‘Rethinking Social Justice’, Seminar, September 2009. [2]
  • Principal State-level Contests and Derivative National Choices: Mapping Electoral Trends in India, 2004-2009, Economic and Political Weekly, February 2009. (with Suhas Palshikar).[2]
  • “Ten theses on state politics”, Seminar, November 2008. (with Suhas Palshikar).[2]
  • ‘Editor’s introduction’ to Electoral Politics, eds. D. L. Sheth and Yogendra Yadav, New Delhi: Sage Publications (with D. L Sheth).[2]
  • “The paradox of political representation”, Seminar, October 2008.[2]
  • “Democracy Barometers: Surveying South Asia” Journal of Democracy, January 2008. (With Peter R. deSouza and Suhas Palshikar).[2]
  • “Epilogue: What does fieldwork do in the field of elections?” in A M Shah, The Grassroots of Democracy: Field Studies of Indian Elections, Delhi: Permanent Black, 2007.[2]
  • “Nation State” or “State Nation”? India in Comparative Perspective in Shankar Bajpai, ed. Democracies and Diversity: India and the American Experience. Delhi and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (with Alfred Stepan and Juan J. Linz).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Yogendra Yadav's Page at CSDS". CSDS. 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Professor Yogendra Yadav". Delhi: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Retrieved 21 January 2012. Cite error: The named reference "cv" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Kejriwal's A-Team: The who's who of the Aam Aadmi Party". FirstPost. 26 November 2012.
  4. ^ "National Executive". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  5. ^ Mukul, Akshaya (18 September 2013). "HRD ministry 'retires' Yogendra Yadav as UGC member". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Yogendra Yadav". CSDS. Retrieved 29 December 2013.


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