Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar
| The Baroness Prashar | |
|---|---|
| Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission | |
| In office 3 April 2006 – 7 February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Office created | 
| Succeeded by | Christopher Stephens | 
| Chancellor of De Montfort University | |
| In office 2000–2006 | |
| Vice-Chancellor | Philip Tasker | 
| Preceded by | John White | 
| Succeeded by | The Lord Alli | 
| Members of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 15 July 1999 Life Peerage | |
| Director of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations | |
| In office 1986–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Griffiths | 
| Succeeded by | Judy Weleminsky | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | Usha Kumari Prashar 29 June 1948 | 
| Nationality | British | 
Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar is a British politician and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Since the 1970s, she has served as a director or chair of a variety of public and private sector organisations. She became the first chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission upon its creation in April 2006.