Dr. Vijoo Krishnan is an Indian peasant leader, writer on Agrarian Issues and General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha.

He did his graduation in Political Science from St Joseph's College, Bangalore and joined School of International Studies, JNU for his master's degree.

[2][15] The early encounter of protest politics for Vijoo Krishnan was against the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992 at St Joseph's College of Arts & Science, Bangalore.

[17] The training of marginalised students for JNU entrance examination inside campus was also initiated during his term as JNUSU president.

[17] By 2004, he was elected as both the State President of Delhi and the member of Central Executive Committee of Students' Federation of India (SFI).

[citation needed] After earning his PhD, Vijoo Krishnan joined St Joseph's College, Bangalore and there he became the Head of the post-graduate department of political science.

[9][2][18] After Gujarat 2002 riot, Vijoo Krishnan along with Dr. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Vishnu Nagar and Prasenjit Bose headed the two day fact finding team of SAHMAT (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust) in Ahmedabad.

[19] He was the one to expose the religious profiling of a Muslim boy named Sajid by the Bangalore police in connections with the 25 July 2016 serial bomb blast in the city.

[34][35] He warned the Maharashtra government of bigger peasant movements if they roll back from the promises after Kisan Long March.

[53] Vijoo Krishnan gave leadership for the nationwide protest day on 16 June 2017 by farmers which demanded the loan waiver for peasants and reversal of fund cuts in MNREGA.

[54][55] Vijoo played a crucial role in organizing farmers protest against the government acquisition of 1000 acres of agricultural land for Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor(MAHSRC) project.

[80][81][30][82] He was invited to India Today Conclave 2019 and he strongly argued for the case of reversing the neoliberal economic policies since 1991 for combating agrarian crisis.

[83] He is a frequent face of Indian Peasantry in International Media and has been featured in Al Jazeera, Brasil de Fato, Telesur English, Asia Times, Gulf News, Express etc.

[94][78] He along with Utsa Patnaik and Harsh Mander was the speakers on Agrarian Distress at the Idea of India conclave conducted to evaluate the first year of Modi Government.

Just before the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Vijoo and his team organised a huge peasant rally in Wayanad to counter the candidature of Rahul Gandhi.