Ajit Prasad Jain (6 October 1902 – 2 January 1977) was an Indian politician who served as the President of the U. P. Congress Committee,[2] member of the Constituent Assembly,[3] Union minister and Governor of Kerala from Saharanpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

He subsequently held the portfolio of Union Minister for Food and Agriculture in Mr. Nehru's cabinet from December 1954 to August 1959.

[6] He succeeded V. V. Giri as the third governor of Kerala serving from 2 April 1965 to 6 February 1966 during which time the state remained under President's rule.

[7] He resigned from the post of Governor to canvass support for Mrs. Indira Gandhi for position of Prime Minister following the untimely death of Lal Bahadur Shastri.

[8] He established Seva Nidhi Trust in Saharanpur & in Fatehpur in UP, India, which till date is running a house for destitutes, TB clinic & free eye camps.

These establishments are being guided by his son Dr K P Jain, a renowned doctor in Delhi (Ex chairman Ganga Ram Hospital).

[11] His Shadow of the bear: The Indo-Soviet treaty was published in 1971[12] and Kashmir: what really happened, based on his recollection of events that led to the arrest of Sheikh Abdullah in 1953, in 1972.