Yalavarthi Naveen Babu

Yalavarthi Naveen Babu (29 May 1964 – 18 February 2000), or simply Naveen, was an Indian Naxalite leader.

Yalavarthi Naveen Babu was born on 29 May 1964 in Guddikayalanka village, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, India. His family were farmers from a middle-class background. Naveen studied at Babu Jagjivan Ram College, Hyderabad, where he obtained a B.Sc. In 1990, Naveen represented the DRSO in the national All India Revolutionary Students Federation, and became editor of its magazine Kalam. It has been described as "a modest but significant interdisciplinary contribution to Indian Marxist historiography, sociology and political economy".