Suraj Milind Yengde is a scholar and activist who is well known for his work on caste, race, solidarity, and politics of the marginalized communities. He was named in GQ’s list of 25 Most Influential Young Indians for his contribution to scholarship and contemporary thought and he has two doctorates. Yengde has published three books, more than a dozen academic articles, and over 150 articles in public scholarship and he is the author of Caste: A Global Story (2025). After spending nearly a decade at Harvard he is currently an Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

As of October 2025