Krishna Chandra Chunekar, is an Indian ayurvedic physician and medical writer, known for the books he has published, especially the translation of Vedic literature on herbal pharmacopeia. 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 medicine and medical literature. He was born in 1928 in Uttar Pradesh, India. He had his ayurveda training from known ayurveda scholars such as Sriniwas Shastri and Professor Satyanarayana Shastri of the Banares Hindu University and graduated in Ayurvedic medicine (AMS). His career was mainly at the Ayurveda College at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University from where retired as a professor and the Head of the Department of Dravya Guna in 1988. He also worked as a visiting professor at the Gujarat Ayurveda University in Jamnagar.

Professor Chunekar, a doctorate holder in ayurvedic medical science, is considered by many as an authority on Dravya Guna and in the identification of ayurvedic herbs. His experience has helped many research scholars in their researches and doctoral studies while his service was hired by the World Health organization for their activities in Nepal. He has served on the scientific advisory committee of the Indian Council of Medical Research and was a senior expert advisor for the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Project of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.