Sudha Yadav
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Dr. Sudha Yadav | |
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| Member of BJP Parliamentary Board | |
| Assumed office 17 August 2022[1] | |
| Preceded by | Nitin Gadkari Shivraj Singh Chauhan |
| Member, National Commission of Backward Classes | |
| In office 28 February 2019 – 27 February 2022[2] | |
| Member of Parliament (13th Loksabha)[3] | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Rao Inderjit Singh |
| Succeeded by | Rao Inderjit Singh |
| Constituency | Mahendragarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 16, 1965 |
| Party |  Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Spouse | Late Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav |
| Children | Two |
| Education | M.Sc.(Chemistry) and is a Gold Medallist, Ph.D.(Chemistry) from Roorkee University (IIT Roorkee) |
| Occupation | Political and Social Worker, educationist |
As of 9 April, 2009 | |
Sudha Yadav (born 16 October 1965) is an Indian politician and a member of the Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Sudha Yadav served as a member of the 13th Lok Sabha from 1994 until 2004 from her elected seat at Mahendragarh, Haryana.
On 3 July 2015, she was appointed the National In-Charge of the BJP OBC Morcha.[4][5][6] She served as a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes for the government of India from 2019 to 2022.[7]
On 17 August 2022, she became a member of the Parliamentary Board of the BJP.[8] She is the second woman to hold the position, after Sushma Swaraj.[9]
Personal life
Sudha Yadav obtained her MSc in Chemistry in 1987 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), where she went on to obtain her PhD in Chemistry in 1992. She is the recipient of the President's Guide award.[10]
Her husband, Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav of the Border Security Force, died in the Kargil war. She has two children.