| Nilamani Routray | |
| Native Name: | ନୀଳମଣି ରାଉତରାୟ |
| Native Name Lang: | or |
| Term3: | 14 June 1972 - 1 March 1973 |
| Birth Date: | 24 May 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Mukundapur, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India |
| Death Place: | Cuttack, Odisha, India |
| Office: | Minister of Environment and Forests |
| Predecessor: | V. P. Singh |
| Successor: | Maneka Gandhi |
| Primeminister: | V. P. Singh |
| Term Start: | 2 December 1989 |
| Term End: | 10 November 1990 |
| Order1: | 10th |
| Office1: | Chief Minister of Odisha |
| Term Start1: | 26 June 1977 |
| Term End1: | 17 February 1980[1] |
| Predecessor1: | Binayak Acharya |
| Successor1: | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Party: | Janata Dal |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress, Utkal Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party |
| Father: | Chandra Sekhar Routray |
| Spouse: | Nalini Devi Routray |
| Children: | Bijayshree Routray |
| Alma Mater: | Ravenshaw College, Vidyasagar College, Banaras Hindu University |
| Education: | B.A., LL.B. |
| Awards: | Odisha Sahitya Academy 1986 |
| Occupation: | Political and Social Worker, Writer, Journalist, Lawyer |
| Office2: | Member of parliament, Lok Sabha[2] |
| Term Start2: | 1989 |
| Term End2: | 1991 |
| Constituency2: | Puri |
| Predecessor2: | Brajmohan Mohanty |
| Successor2: | Braja Kishore Tripathy |
Nilamani Routray (Oriya: [[:or:ନୀଳମଣି ରାଉତରାୟ|'''ନୀଳମଣି ରାଉତରାୟ''']]; 24 May 1920 – 4 October 2004) was an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Odisha from 1977 to 1980. He served as the Health and Family Welfare Minister and then Forest and Environment Minister in the Union Government led by V.P. Singh. He died on 4 October 2004.[3] [4]
Nilamani Routray was a founder of the Odisha unit of All India Students Federation. He was the president of the Odisha state unit of the Indian National Congress from 1967 to 1970. Later he joined the Utkal Congress and became its president. Subsequent merger of Utkal Congress with Bharatiya Lok Dal, he became the president of its state unit of the merged entity. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989.[5]
His autobiography Smruti O Anubhuti (1986) won the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1988.[6] [7]