Shantichitra (Tamil: சாந்தி சித்ரா, born 24 April 1978) is an Indian academic and author, known for her 2016 novel, The Fractals. Apart from the novel, she has written numerous short stories for newspapers and magazines and has published research papers on various literary and other critical fields such as phenomenology and existentialism. In 2016 she was the Head of the English Department at SRM University, Chennai.