Vishambhar Prasad Nishad (born 18 July 1962) is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party,He is also an advocate, an agriculturist, and a social worker.
He worked as a cabinet minister of fisheries, animal husbandry, revenue, Ambedkar Gram Sabha development, External Aided Project and mining.
He played an important role in the release of Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen from Gwalior central jail in 1994, when he was a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
Nishad was elected as member of Rajya Sabha on 12 June 2014 on vacant seat after Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel of BSP resigned.
He is president of Samajwadi Kashyap Nishad Bind Turaha Ekta Mahasabha, which works to advance the fishing castes.