Priyanka Yadav is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Education Planning and Administration. She is a Political Science (Honours) graduate from Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi. She later pursued her post-graduation, MPhil and PhD from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is UGC-NET in Political science. Her research has been published in National and International journals. Her area of research interest lies in the Indian Knowledge System, Health and Higher Education and Politics of Education.