Ashok Kumar Subron, has been a longstanding trade unionist organiser for more than 30 years, in work sectors like the sugar industry, transport, port/freeport, tourism, free zone industry, gaming, mechanical workshops, energy and others.

Beside his commitment to workers rights, Ashok Subron is known for his engagement in favour of mauritianism, socio-ecological transformation, public beach defender, human rights and participatory democracy.

He worked as Programme Coordinator and Educator at the Center for Alternative Research and Studies (CARES) involved in labour and political education and political ecology, and as such also participated in several international, continental and southern african platforms on globalisation, trade policies, social and climate crisis issues.

He also worked as Consultant for the Labour Department of the International Labour Organisation of Turin, Italy, to train trade unionists in information technology and open source/free software.

One of the leaders of Rezistans ek Alternativ and the Alliance du Changement, he was elected in Constituency No 4, Port Louis North- Mt Longue in the last general election.