Rama Kant (2 December 1931 – 6 September 1991) was an Indian fiction writer in Hindi language, best known for his writing on the struggles of the lower and middle-classes.
He worked with Soviet Bhumi until 1983, when he took a voluntary retirement to write full time.
He main genre of writing was the political and social fiction, but he wrote some detective novels as well.
An important story of Ramakant 'Karlo Habshi ka Sandook' was presented to South African President Nelson Mandela during the latter's Indian visit after its translation in English by Bhisham Sahni.
In 1969, Ramakant received the Soviet Nehru Prize for his contribution to the comparative analysis of Hindi and Russian literature.