Chamu Krishna Shastry (born January 23, 1956) is an Indian language activist who has been working for the revival of the Sanskrit language. He is the co-founder of the Samskrita Bharati movement, which is aiming to make Sanskrit popular across the world. He is secretary of Samskrit Promotion Foundation. On 25 January 2017, Government of India announced "Padma Shri" award in the category Literature and education for his contribution towards the promotion of Sanskrit.