Ashok Kumar Pradhan (born 13 December 1953) is an Indian industrialist and politician from Uttar Pradesh. He as served as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing Khurja (Noida) from 1996 to 2009 as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. Ashok Pradhan is a former Minister of State (MoS), Government of India in the third Vajpayee ministry for various ministries – Consumer Affairs- Food & Public Distribution, Human Resources & Development.