Aacharya Pt. Sitaram Chaturvedi (27 January 1907 – 17 February 2005), was an eminent Indian educator, dramatist and scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit language & literature. He was born in a renowned Brahmin family in Varanasi, India. His father Pandit Bhimsen Vedapathi Chaturvedi was a learned Sanskrit scholar of Vedic Studies. He received his graduate and Post- graduate of education from Banaras Hindu University and later served as a professor at the university. He wrote more than 70 plays in Hindi, Sanskrit and English and directed and staged and acted in many others. He was an active participant in Bombay’s Prithvi Theatre and was conferred the title of Abhinav Bharat. He also wrote more than 250 books on language, grammar, literature, plays, theater etc; edited the collected works of Kalidas and wrote biographies of Madan Mohan Malviya, Tulsidas & Vallabhacharya.
Aacharya Ji founded Akhil Bhartiya Vikram Parishad, Kashi Under the guidance of Bharat Ratna Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya Ji. It was pleasure that Mahamana Malviya has accepted to be the first chief of the said Parishad involved in research activity of Hindi & Sanskrit literature.
On the occasion of Sri Chaturvedi Ji birth Centenary Year 2008 Akhil Bhartiya Vikram Parishad, Kashi has started to honour one of the authority of literature, drama field, education, art & culture etc. with the honour of Srijan Manishi Renowned Poet Padmabhushan Dr. Gopal Das Neeraj was the first recipient of Srijan Manishi in the year 2008.
The 11-day theatre festival “Natya Andolan” in Varanasi, is dedicated to the memory of Sitaram Chaturvedi.