Shish Ram Ola (30 July 1927 – 15 December 2013) was a politician from Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan.

[1][2][3] Ola had a distinguished political career, serving as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1990.

In 1996, he was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha and was appointed as the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers with Independent Charge, a position he held from 1996 to 1997.

[5] He was a pioneer in promoting girls’ education in rural Rajasthan, founding the Indira Gandhi Balika Niketan Ardawata in 1952 with just three students.

During 1980-1990, he was appointed as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Rajasthan, overseeing departments such as Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Forest and Environment, Public Health Engineering, Irrigation, Transport, Co-operatives, Excise, Underground Water, and Soldiers' Welfare.

In 2009, he was elected as a Congress MP from Jhunjhunu, and on June 17, 2013, he was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister for Labour.