Ram Chandra Patra, IAS (retd.), first Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from [[Kalahandi,Gambhariguda district|Kalahandi]], was a bureaucrat, social worker, and administrator from Kalahandi district in Orissa. He was born in Dharamgarh on 16 January 1919 of Kalahandi district and died in 2013. He obtained his B.A. degree from Patna University in 1937 and was the only candidate getting honours. Subsequently, he received first class in LL.B from Alllahabad University in 1943 and worked as deputy collector, treasury officier, SDO & SDM in the erstwhile Kalahandi state. While working for the princely Kalahandi State he took various initiatives for development of roads in Kalahandi. Along with the idea of Professor Bhubaneswar Behera, Maharaja Pratap Kishore Deo and he took initiative for Ind