Yogesh Kumar Tyagi

Yogesh Kumar Tyagi is an Indian academic who served as the 22nd vice-chancellor of the University of Delhi from March 2016 to March 2021. He also served as dean of the Faculty of Legal Studies at the South Asian University, where he was involved in establishing a department for international law. Tyagi has authored articles in international academic journals, including a study on the United Nations Human Rights Committee published by Cambridge University Press.

Education

Tyagi earned his Master of Laws from Columbia Law School in New York, and later obtained a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

Career

Tyagi was a professor of international law at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and was a member of both the Institut de Droit International and the Law Commission of India. He later served as vice-chancellor of the University of Delhi from March 2016 to March 2021.