Dr. Rama Kant Shukla, is an Indian scholar of sanskrit and hindi languages. The Government of India honoured him, in 2013, by awarding him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of literature. He was born on 24 December 1940 in Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was educated at Agra University and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University. He did his M.A (Hindi and Sanskrit), Ph. D., Sahityacarya and Sankhyayogacarya. He began his career as a Hindi lecturer from Multanimal Modi P.G. College, Modi Nagar in 1962. In the year 1967 he Joined Rajdhani College, New Delhi and since 1986 he has been working as a reader in the Hindi Department.

He is writer-director of Bhati Me Bharatam, a Sanskrit television series in twenty episodes. Dr. Shukla is associated with numerous academic institutions. He is founder general secretary of Devavani Parishad in Delhi, and the founding chairman and editor of "Arvacinasamskrtam", a quarterly journal in Sanskrit. He has presented papers at many international and national Sanskrit and Oriental Conferences and seminars. He was conferred the titles of Sanskrit Rashtrakavi, Kaviratna, Kavi Siromani and Hindu Sanskrit Setu by literary and Sanskrit organizations. He has been awarded the U.P. Govt. Award, the Delhi Sanskrit Academy's Akhil Bharatiya Maulika Sanskrit Rachana Puraskara, the Sanskrit Samaradhaka Puraskara, and the Sanskrit Sahitya Seva Samman. Dr. Shukla is widely appreciated in India and abroad for his contributions towards Sanskrit language and literature.