Sudha Yadav entered public life following the death of her husband, Border Security Force Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav, who lost his life during the 1999 Kargil War and was posthumously awarded the Sena Medal.
Transitioning into politics, she contested and won the Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana in 1999, subsequently serving as a Member of Parliament until 2004. Aside from her political career, she holds a doctorate in chemistry.
She officially took the oath of office as the Governor of Karnataka on October 16, marking her historic appointment as the second woman to serve in the gubernatorial post for the state.