Yellapragada Sudershan Rao is an Indian historian, who was appointed as the chairperson of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) by the Government of India, from July 2014 to July 2017.
He was formerly a professor of history at Kakatiya University in Telangana and a member of ICHR along with being the head of a state chapter of ABISY.
Prior to appointment, he was a hardly visible scholar with nil publication in any peer-reviewed media.
Scholarly reception of his works, ICHR appointment, and tenure have been negative.
Scholars have noted him to have sympathies towards Hindutva.