Raja Shyama Sankar (1837 to 1893) was the Zamindar of Teota Estate of East Bengal.^[1][2] He was a capable landed aristocrat who invested in the development of agriculture and research.

Sankar was born in 1837 in Teota Zamindar Family of Manikganj.^[3] His father was Tarini Sankar Chaudhuri was the Zamindar of the Teota Estate.^[3] He completed his education in Dhaka.^[3]

Sankar invested significant resources in improving agriculutre and planting new crops.^[3] The investment came at significant financial cost to him and was contrary to the practices of his contemporary zamindars who were generally apathetic to the agricultural practices in their estates.^[3] In Dinajpur District, he tried to grow Ramie plant for its fiber but that ended in failure.^[3] His estate lost 20 thousand rupees in that experiment.^[3] He tried to farm a variety of sugarcanes.^[3] According to the District Magistrate and the Dacca gazetteer his experiments was usually met with indifference by the farmers.^[3] He and Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury were known to be generous and considerate towards their tenants.^[3]

Sankar was a contributor and the Vice-President of the Theosophical Society.^[3] In the 1877 Delhi Durbar he was awarded the title of raja or Roy Bahadur by the Viceroy of India, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton.^[3] He served as a member of the executive committee of the Indian Association from 1876 to 1877.^[3]

Sankar died in 1893.^[3]