Ghanshyam Tiwari (born 19 December 1947) is an Indian politician who has served as the MLA of the Sanganer constituency, located in Rajasthan between 2013 and 2018.

He is one of the prominent leaders of Rajasthan who have played significant roles in the establishment of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Due to his fight against the central government, Tiwari was put in jail where he was brutally tortured.

Then some national level activists like Jayaprakash Narayan and Atal Bihari Vajpayee started a movement against the government in defense of Tiwari.

Tiwari contested in Rajasthan assembly elections of 1980 from Sikar constituency and Won.

For the milestones achieved during his term, the Education department of Rajasthan has awarded the UNESCO Confucius Prize For Literacy.