Ashok Khade

{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur}}

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| name = Ashok Khade

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| birth_date = c. 1955

| birth_place = Ped, Sangli district, Maharashtra, India

| nationality = Indian

| education = Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

| occupation = Entrepreneur

| known_for = Co-founder and Managing Director of DAS Offshore

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Ashok Khade (born {{Circa|1955}}) is an Indian entrepreneur and the managing director of DAS Offshore Engineering Private Limited, a company that provides services to the offshore oil and gas industry. He is noted for rising from a background of poverty as a member of a Dalit family to establish a major engineering firm.{{cite web |last=Polgreen |first=Lydia |date=2011-12-22 |title=India's Boom Creates Openings for Untouchables |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/world/asia/indias-boom-creates-openings-for-untouchables.html |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-04 |title=From 'Untouchable' To CEO, Businesses Break Down Caste Barriers In India |url=https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/from-untouchable-to-ceo-businesses-break-down-caste-barriers-in-india/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Worldcrunch |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last=Lakshmi |first=Rama |date=April 14, 2011 |title=New millionaires hope to serve as role models for India's lower castes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-millionaires-emerge-as-role-models-for-indias-lower-castes/2011/04/03/AFesUMfD_story.html |access-date=July 1, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} He was featured in Milind Khandekar's book "Dalit Millionaires: 15 Inspiring Stories."{{Cite news |date=2014-01-20 |title=Inspiring accounts of Dalits who became millionaires (Book Review) |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/inspiring-accounts-of-dalits-who-became-millionaires-book-review-114012000158_1.html |access-date=2020-06-07 |work=Business Standard India |agency=IANS}}{{sfn|Khandekar|2013|p=20}}