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* [[Shantanu Shankar Deshpande]], Deshpande Builders - Promoters and Builders, Pune, Maharashtra
* [[Shantanu Shankar Deshpande]], Deshpande Builders - Promoters and Builders, Pune, Maharashtra
* [[Ashish Kulkarni]], Jadooworks Inc
* [[Ashish Kulkarni]], Jadooworks Inc
* [[B.Y. Padhye]] Head B.Y.P. Publicity group
* [[Manohar Joshi]], [[Kohinoor group]]
* [[Manohar Joshi]], [[Kohinoor group]]
* [[Shaku Atre]], [[Atre Group]]
* [[Shaku Atre]], [[Atre Group]]
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* Avinash Moharil, Netcliff Inc
* Avinash Moharil, Netcliff Inc
* Atul Temurnikar, founder of Global India International School with branches in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, India, and New Zealand.
* Atul Temurnikar, founder of Global India International School with branches in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, India, and New Zealand.
* Ajit Kulkarni, Pratibha Industries
* Kishor Chincnwadkar, Reselien Inc
* Bal Dixit, Newtec Industries
* Dr Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice President (sales), Boeing Aircraft
* Dr Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice President (sales), Boeing Aircraft
* Dilip Kulkarni, Skypak Speacialists Ltd (pioneer of courier industry in India)
* Dilip Kulkarni, Skypak Speacialists Ltd (pioneer of courier industry in India)
* Hemant Bakshi, Innova Rubbers pvt ltd, Nashik
* Hemant Bakshi, Innova Rubbers pvt ltd, Nashik
* Mr Mukund Pathak ,Senior Vice President ( Projects) , Bharat Forge
* Mr Mukund Pathak ,Senior Vice President ( Projects) , Bharat Forge
* Deepak Tardalkar, Adani Power Ltd. Electrical Engineer, Ahmedabad
* Chaphalkar Brothers of [[City Pride]] (multiplex owners)
* Chaphalkar Brothers of [[City Pride]] (multiplex owners)
* Mohan Digambar Shirolikar, Lifestyles International, Founder of Shreejal Coconut Water Redefined: A revolutionary, low cost and affordable energizing health drink.


== Outstanding NRIs ==
== Outstanding NRIs ==

Revision as of 01:55, 17 November 2008

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Image of Deshastha Saint Samartha Ramdas

Deshastha Brahmins form a major sub-caste of Brahmins in the states of Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka in India.

The following is a list of prominent Deshastha Brahmins organized by occupational fields:

Freedom fighters and social activists

  • Tatya Tope , (1814 - 1859)
  • Hari Shivram Rajguru, (1908 - 1931)
  • Pandurang Sadashiv Khanzode
  • Dharmaveer Dr. Munje
  • Dr. Hedgewar,(April 1, 1889 – June 21, 1940)
  • Lokanayak Madhav Shrihari Ane
  • Karnataksinha Gangadharrao Deshpande
  • Durgabai Deshmukh
  • Hutatma Vinayak Deshpande
  • Krantisinha Gangadhar Inamdar
  • Veer Bapu Gaydhani
  • Nilkantha Pandurang Kshirsagar

Information technology (IT) industry

Industry

Outstanding NRIs

  • Dr.Avinash Pingle, famous renal physician in Abu Dhabi who appeared in Top 50 non-resident Indians (NRI) in the world list for his work in UAE
  • Dr. Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice President (sales), Boeing Aircraft

Education, science & technology

  • Lakshman Indapurkar, co-founder of MES society
  • B.P. Kher, founder of PVG-Pune Vidharthi Gruh.
  • Diwaker Nilkanth Purandare, Engineer
  • Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, president, Founder Director, Symbiosis Society, Pune , indis
  • Pramod Khargonekar, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
  • Dr. Prof. Anil Kharshikar, former consultant to Government of Nepal
  • Dr. Sudhir H. Kale, Professor of Marketing, prolific researcher in international marketing and a consultant to the gaming industry
  • Dr. Narhar Waman Hirwe (1935), one of the founder professors at Royal Institute of Science, Bombay
  • S B Junnarkar, author of many engineering books
  • Prof. Sadashiv D. Dastane, one of the laureats and pioneers of organic chemistry education in Pune City and founder of one of the first publication houses in Pune City (early 20th century)
  • Dr P P Vitkar, prominent geotechnologist. Director, RS College of Engineering, Pune
  • Gajanan Waman Beri, former principal of Shirodkar High School, Mumbai
  • Mrs. Usha Ashok Rasal, former principal of Modern High School, Pune
  • Dr. K.M. Kulkarni, Director Higher Education, Government of Maharashtra
  • Dr. S.V. Pingle, leading entomologist, consultant to UNESCO and Government of India}
  • Dr. M. R. Bhosrekar, retired theriogeneologist, a referral point for Frzen Semen Technology for Bovines. Expert in Frozen Semen Technology, male and female fertility in animals, fertility management in bovines and is an expert on buffaloes of India. At the age of 72, he is still very active and doing consultancy in the interest of nation, operating from Pune.
  • Prof. Alka Zadgoankar,A scientist from Nagpur, Alka invented a technique to convert plastic into petrol and electricity. She is professor of chemistry in Nagpur. Alka technique is approved by IOC.
  • Dr V K Atre, a former scientific advisor to Mr Vajpayee and renowned defence scientist.
  • Akshay Zadgoankar, one of the youngest MCSE exam passed boy in India.
  • Dr Vaijayanti Koratkar Professor of Gynecology and Dean, Osmania Medical College Hyderabad.
  • Dr. Ravi Jategaonkar, Seismic Engineering specialist, Nuclear Power Plants, Also Past Professor of Mathematics at St Mary's University and Nipissing University in Canada.

Literature/scholars

  • Rajendra Joshi, freelance journalist and writer
  • Pt.Sadashiv Sitaram Shastri Musalgaonkar (Raj Pandit) Mahamahopadhyay,
  • Dr.Gajanan Sadashiv Shastri Musalgaonkar (Mimansacharya) Vedant, Mimansa, Sahatyacharya; M.A., Ph.D.; Ex-Head of the Dept. of Mimansa & Dharmashastra; Faculty of Oriental Learning & Theology B.H.U.; Ex.U.G.C. Prof. M.S.U.; Ex. Shastrachudamani Prof. G.J.K. Sanskrit Vidyapith (Allha); National Award - 1991; Panditraj award - 1999( Karvirpith, kolhapur); Diliit-2003(K.D.U.,Bihar),
  • Shreeram Gajanan Musalgaonkar (M.A. Sociology, Sanskrit, Hindi, Sahityaratna, Shastri)
  • Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar, Sanskrit scholar,author and poet

Royalty

  • The Pandits of Bhor
  • Amatya Bawdekar of Gagan-Bawda (Kolhapur District)
  • The Pratinidhi of Aundh (Satara District)
  • The Jagirdar of Arni ( in Tamil Nadu)- they are the descendants of Vedoji Bhaskar Pant
  • Ray-rayan Shamraj Bahadur- the daftdar in the erstwhile court of the Nizam of Hyderabad- the family name is Bhalerao
  • 3 ½ Wise people from Peshwai: Janoji Chorghade, Sundar Parsurami, Sakharam Bokil

Politics outside India

  • Swati Dandekar (state representative from 36th district, State of Iowa, US--although her surname is Dandekar, she is Deshastha-Yajurvedi from her paternal side and a native of Nagpur)
  • Dr. Ashok Kaveeshwar, advisor (transport and infrastructure) to US President

Social workers

  • Dr. B.S. Moonje, (1872-1948)then All-India President of Hindu Mahasabha & founder of Bhonsala Military School, Nasik
  • Lokanayak Madhav Shrihari Ane
  • Dada Dharmadhikari (1899 - 1985)
  • Baba Amte,(December 26, 1914 - February 9, 2008)
  • Nanaji Deshmukh, (1916 -)
  • Medha Patkar (1954 - )
  • Prakash Amte - 2008 Magsaysay Award winner
  • BinduMadhav Joshi, founder, Grahak Panchayat
  • Sudhakar Pant Paricharark, president, S.T. Mahamandal, Maharashtra
  • Anil Avachat, founder, 'Muktangan'
  • Dr. Kumar Saptarshi, founder, Youth Kranti Dal
  • S.V. (Mamasaheb) Gandhe, founder, 'Maitraban' residential village for elderly people, Nagpur
  • Vilas Avachat

Sports

Politics and social reform

Scientists

Mathematicians

Saints

Military

  • Gp Capt Bhalchandra Ganesh Chitnis
  • Lt General (ret'd.) Sadanand Kulkarni
  • Wg Cdr - Viswajit Vasudev Dedgaonkar V.M.(VayuSena Medal)
  • Air Marshal (ret'd.) A.G. Deshpande
  • Lt General (retd) R V Kulkarni
  • Wg Cdr - Prakash Prahalad Dani
  • Air Marshal - Sadanand Kulkarni (second)
  • Flt Lt - Nandkishore Shankarrao Ambegaonkar
  • Sqn Ldr - Diwakar Dattatreya Kulkarni
  • Gp Capt - Kulkarni Raghavendra]]
  • Sqn Ldr - Madhukar Dashrath Mendhekar
  • Late Sqn Ldr - Ravindra Purandare
  • Flt Lt - Sharadchandra Naresh Deshpande (vir chakra)
  • Flt Lt - Suresh Shankarrao Dange
  • Wg Cdr - Dinkar Viswanath Deshpande
  • Sqn Ldr - Shashikant Bhise
  • Gp Capt - Dilip Raghavendra Dani
  • Sqn Ldr - Padmaker Datta Deshpande
  • Fg Offr - Anand Ramdas Pandit
  • Air Marshal - Satish Govind Inamdar
  • Fg Offr - Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale
  • Sgt - R J Gosawi
  • Flt Lt - Nitin Gajanan Junnarkar
  • Wg Cdr - Madhakar Krishnarao Shirpurkar
  • Wg Cdr - R J Ambegaonkar
  • Sqn Ldr - Sharad Narayan Medhekar
  • Wg Cdr - Shrikant Prabhakar Puranik
  • Wg Cdr - V A Patkar
  • AC - S G Kulkarni
  • Gp Capt - A B Pandit
  • Air Marshal - Waman Raghunath Dani
  • Sqn Ldr - Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande
  • Wg Cdr Sanjeev Narayan Deshpande
  • Flt Lt - Shreepad Tokekar
  • AVM - Vijay Achyut Patkar
  • Gp Capt - Aniruddh Prabhakar Kaduskar
  • Gp Capt - Sunil Jayant Nanodkar
  • Flag Officer Maharashtra Area - Anand Yashwant Kalaskar
  • Flag Officer Naval Aviation, Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area - Sanjay M vadgaokar
  • Chief of Materials - Vice Admiral Dilip Deshpande, VSM, AVSM
  • Wg Cdr - Prashant Mukund Vithalkar
  • Flt Lt - A R Vaidya
  • (Vishist Seva Medal) - MWO M V Vaidya
  • Wg Cdr - Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya
  • Flt Sgt - Vishwanath Anant Sant
  • Wg Cdr - Krishna Kumar Vasant Bopardikar
  • Air Commodore Madhukar Laxman Akut .BE AVSM
  • Vice admiral Dilip Deshpande
  • Air Marshal S R Deshpande
  • Group Captain VM Parandekar

Music

Law and justice

Headline text

Government officers

Cinema and theatre

Astrologist

Medicine

Kirtankar

Artist

Women pilots

References

  1. ^ Compulink Systems Ltd. - Linkup and Leverage
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