Som Parkash (born 3 April 1949) is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

[1] He is also a former Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar and former Indian Administrative Service career officer of 1988 batch in the Punjab cadre.

[7] Parkash has also served as the deputy commissioner of Faridkot, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar and has other posts, including as the Labour Commissioner, Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) chief administrator, managing director of the Punjab Financial Corporation and director of the Social Security Department.

[7] Parkash first unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha during Indian general elections in 2009 from the Hoshiarpur constituency.

[2] Due to corruption charges, sitting Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Phagwara Swarna Ram was dropped from the state cabinet, which led BJP to look for a new candidate and Parkash was selected as the BJP candidate in 2012 Punjab elections.