| Ishwar Ballav | |
| Birth Date: | 11 July 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Jaisi Deval, Kathmandu |
| Death Place: | Kathmandu |
| Occupation: | Poet, lyricist |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Movement: | Tesro Aayam |
| Notableworks: | Aagokaa Phoolharu Hun Aagokaa Phoolharu Hoinan, Kashmai Devay |
| Spouse: | Kamala Bhattarai |
| Native Name: | ईश्वरबल्लभ |
| Native Name Lang: | ne |
| Birth Name: | Ishwar Ballav Bhattarai |
Ishwar Ballav (Nepali: [[:ne:ईश्वरबल्लभ|ईश्वरबल्लभ]], 11 July 1937 - 22 March 2008) was one of the most influential Nepali poets.[1] He was also a poet of a new dimension–the third dimension–meaning Tesro Ayam in the history of Nepalese literature. He, along with his contemporaries Bairagi Kaila and Indra Bahadur Rai, formed a trio in 1963 in Darjeeling to rethink and evaluate the development of Nepalese literature.[2]