Ashok Khare passed B.Text. from VJTI, India in 1970 and worked in Mafatlal Spinning Mill till 1975 before joing VJTI as assistant lecturer and lecturer. He completed his Master's in 1979 and Ph.D. in 1998, eventually joining as professor. In 2003, became Head of the Textile Manufactures Department and Deputy Director in 2004 before retiring in April 2006. He continued thereafter in VJTI as OSD and then Emeritus Fellow until July 2011. He has written 14 technical articles in Indian Textile Journal and technological conferences.