Padma Bhusan Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English.

[4] In 1971, through extensive research conducted in the archives of London and Edinburgh, he uncovered lesser-known aspects of India's freedom struggle during the early 1900s, led by Sri Aurobindo.

His pursuit of deeper understanding eventually led him to mysticism, becoming a resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry in 1963.

His first work a book of poetry in Odia, Satavdira Artanada was published in 1949 when he was in high school.

He was a youth leader with radical views in his college days and spent a year in jail for his revolutionary activities.

After a short stint as a lecturer at Christ College (Cuttack), he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Puducherry.

Among the other important positions that Das held were, Member, General Council,[clarification needed] Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi 1998–2002, and Author-consultant, Ministry of Education, Government of Singapore, 1983–85.