Ravinder Sharma (Devanagari: रविंदर शर्मा)(Telugu: రవీందర్ శర్మ) (5 September 1952 - 29 April 2018), known publicly as Guruji, was an Indian artist, craftsman, storyteller, historian, educationist, sociologist, economist in the native Indian context. He was the founder of Adilabad's Kala Ashram and has been awarded with Kala Ratna Award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Guruji is credited with playing a crucial role for almost four decades in thepreservation of the India's ancient rural and tribal art forms.