Harishankar Jaladas (born 3 May 1953) is a Bangladeshi novelist.

[1] In recognition of his contribution to Bengali language and literature, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2019.

In 1982, he obtained his PhD degree from the University of Chittagong.

The topic of his research for the PhD was "River based Bangla novels and fishermen's life".

[4] He is currently the principal of Government City College, Chittagong.