Yalavarthi Naveen Babu was born on 29 May 1964 in Guddikayalanka village, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

[3] In 1990, Naveen represented the DRSO in the national All India Revolutionary Students Federation, and became editor of its magazine Kalam.

[2] In the early 1990s, Naveen abandoned his studies and joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) as a full-time activist in the People's War Group (PWG).

[1] He took the lead in organizing an International Seminar on Nationality Struggles in Delhi in February 1996 for the All India Peoples' Revolutionary Forum.

The Coordination Committee of Struggles of Nationalities and Democratic Movements was formed as a result of this seminar, bringing together revolutionaries from different South Asian countries.