Ashok Chavda, also known by his pen name Bedil, is a Gujarati poet, writer and critic from Gujarat, India.

His anthology of poetry, Dalkhi Thi Saav Chhutan (2012), was awarded the Yuva Puraskar by the Sahitya Akademi in 2013.

Shah Law College, Jamnagar in 2014 and also received a Master's degree in Gandhian Thought and Social Science from Gujarat Vidyapith in 2016.

Chavda would then publish poems in other Gujarati magazines such as Kavita, Kumar, Shabdasrishti, Gazalvishwa, Uddesh, Navneet Samarpan, Tadarthya, Dhabak, Parab and Dalitchetna.

[2] Chavda published his first ghazal collection, Pagla Talaavm, in 2003, followed by Pagrav Talaavma in 2012, which was critically acclaimed by Chinu Modi, Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin' and Ramesh Parekh.

A lyrical poem from Pityo Ashko, titled Millennium Radha nu Geet, was originally published in Kavita (September 1999) by Suresh Dalal.

He translated This Ancient Lyre (2005), Malayalam poet O. N. V. Kurup's collection of poems edited by A. J. Thomas, into Gujarati as Aa Prachin Vadya (2020).

"There is a clear combination of linguistic art and simplified meter in lyrics and poetry of Ashok Chavda.

In his words "Mane Bahu Kaljipoorvak Nagarni Bahar Rakhyo Chhe" (I was carefully kept away from the city), the poet presents piercing pragmatism through his creations."

[6] In 2017, he was invited by the president of India to the Writers Residence Program at Rashtrapati Bhavan[7] and also received the Ravji Patel Yuva Pratibha Award.