Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan

Chandra Shekhar Azad (born 3 December 1986) is an Indian politician and social activist, Ambedkarite activist, lawyer.

He is the currently National President of Azad Samaj Party and Co-founder of the Bhim Army.

In February 2021, Time magazine featured him in its annual list of 100 Emerging Leaders who are Shaping the Future.

Azad hails from Chhutmalpur village of Saharanpur, Western Uttar Pradesh.

His father Govardhan Das retired as a principal of a Government School.

He came to prominence as a Bahujan leader after a hoarding titled The Great Chamars of Ghadkhauli Welcome You was installed by him on the outskirts of his village.

Azad, Satish Kumar, and Vinay Ratan Singh founded Bhim Army in 2014, an organization that works for the emancipation of Dalit Hindus through education in India.

It runs free schools for Dalits in the western Uttar Pradesh