Usha Yadav

Usha Yadav is an Indian educationist, writer of contemporary Hindi literature, and recipient of the Padma Shri award. She has been a faculty member at Central Institute of Hindi, Agra, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, and Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi Institute of Hindi. She is the President of the Literary and Cultural Organization Indradhanush and Secretary of the Oriental Research Institute. She has been honored with over 10 major accolades, including the highest honour of children's literature, the Balsahitya Bharti by UP Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow. She has published more than a hundred books, out of which her novel 'Kahe Ri Nalini' was awarded the All India Veersingh Dev Award by Sahitya Academy, Madhya Pradesh. In 2021, she was honoured with the Padma Shri in the field of Hindi literature and education at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi by the Government of India, which is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.

Biography Born in 1948 in Kanpur, Usha spent her childhood in the city and attended school and college there as well. and she passed high school at the age of 12.

In 1966 she moved to Agra to marry her husband Dr. Raj Kishore Singh, Usha stayed in Agra for the next 30 years, working as a teacher and professor

Awards Dr. Usha Yadav has been recognized for her novel "Dhoop" with the National Human Rights Commission's Mahatma Gandhi Biennial Hindi Writing Award. the Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award