Daya Shankar Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Ballia Nagar.

[1][3] He is a postgraduate and has a Masters of Arts in Medieval History from Lucknow University, received in 1998.

[3] Active in the politics of Ballia, Singh started his career in 1991 by contesting in student union elections in Lucknow University as an ABVP candidate.

He was the national secretary and vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

Singh had also contested unsuccessfully from Ballia in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.