Ichharam Suryaram Desai (10 August 1853 – 5 December 1912), also known by his pen name, Shankar, was a Gujarati author, anthologist and journalist.

Though he did not complete his primary education, he worked with several newspapers and magazines and also wrote several novels, edited anthologies and translated classics.

In 1878, he moved back to Surat and started a monthly publication, Swatantrata, named by poet Narmad.

He compiled the Brihat Kavyadohan, volume I—VIII (1886—1913), an anthology on medieval Gujarati poets and poetry.

[3][10] He edited several books including Purushottam Maas ni Katha (1872), Okhaharan (1885), Nalakhyan (1885), Padbandh Bhagwat (1889), Krishnacharitra (1895), Adi Bhaktakavi Narsinh Mehta Krit Kavya-sangraha (1913).