| Order: | 7th |
| Office: | Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh |
| Term Start: | 9 December 1989 |
| Term End: | 1 March 1990 |
| Predecessor: | Motilal Vora |
| Successor: | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Term Start1: | 23 December 1975 |
| Term End1: | 30 April 1977 |
| Predecessor1: | Prakash Chandra Sethi |
| Successor1: | President's rule |
| Term Start2: | 26 March 1969 |
| Term End2: | 28 January 1972 |
| Predecessor2: | Nareshchandra Singh |
| Successor2: | Prakash Chandra Sethi |
| Office3: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency3: | Mahasamund |
| Predecessor3: | Chandra Shekhar Sahu |
| Successor3: | Ajit Jogi |
| Office4: | Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency4: | Rajim |
| Predecessor4: | Punit Ram Sahu |
| Successor4: | Amitesh Shukla |
| Constituency5: | Rajim |
| Predecessor5: | Shyamkumari Devi |
| Successor5: | Pawan Diwan |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Raipur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India |
| Death Date: | 14 February 2007 (aged 81) |
| Death Place: | Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India |
| Party: | Indian National Congress (1957-2004) |
| Relations: | Vidya Charan Shukla (brother) |
| Parents: | Ravishankar Shukla (father) |
| Children: | 3 (including Amitesh Shukla) |
Shyama Charan Shukla (27 February 1925 - 14 February 2007)[1] was an Indian National Congress politician and thrice Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Shyama Charan Shukla was born on 27 February 1925 in Raipur into a Kanyakubja Brahmin family.[2] His father Ravishankar Shukla was a lawyer, an Indian National Congress politician from Central Provinces and Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. His younger brother, Vidya Charan Shukla, was also an INC politician, a union minister, and a nine-time Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.
His son Amitesh Shukla is an INC politician and currently a Member of Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh from Rajim.[3]
Shyama Charan Shukla was first elected as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Rajim in 1957. He was re-elected from the same seat in 1962, 1967, 1972, 1990, 1993 and 1998.[3] He lost from Rajim in 1977.
Shukla served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on three occasions - 1969-72, 1975–77 and 1989-90.[1] [3]
In 1999, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mahasamund, and served till 2004.[3]
India Post issued a postage stamp depicting his photo in 2012 as a memorial.