Ashok Mittal

Ashok Kumar Mittal, is an Indian businessman turned politician. He is a Member of [Parliament, Rajya Sabha|member of parliament] in India's upper house, Rajya Sabha. Mittal is also the founder and chancellor of Lovely Professional University.
Mittal joined active politics after 2022 [Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2022 Punjab election], when he was nominated by Aam Aadmi Party for the Rajya Sabha elections|Rajya Sabha]. No candidate opposed his election.
In September 2024, Mittal was chosen as a member of the Parliamentary [Standing Committee on Finance].
Mittal is law graduate from Guru [Nanak Dev University], and received a honoris causa doctorate in 2022 at the 3rd convocation of Atal Bihari [Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya|Atal Bihari Bajpayee University]. Mittal uses this honorary doctorate as a title publicly against the global consensus to not do so.