Karhaadaa Personalities
Below is a list of 125 eminent Karhade personalities picked in no specific order. These and many other personalities will be covered in the Whos Who book we are working towards.
These names are listed here for multiple reasons. Those of us who do not know, can see which great personalities we have a history of. Some who have forgotten will be reminded of them. Many of us will be amazed by seeing that we Karhade folk have worked in a variety of fields in different locations among different people across the world and still left indelible marks.
Most importantly, the reader should see that he belongs to a family of great caliber, which has irrespective of time, place and field become a success in his/her field by believing in his/her values, intelligence, hard work, courage and determination. These personalities show that if we put in efforts, we can definitely leave our mark in our field of choice.
Hyperlinks are given for personalities whose bio-data or other important information is available on the web.
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| Personality | City |
| Sarvadnya Shri. Chakradhara Swami - Founder of Mahanubhav Panth | Phaltan |
| Param Pujya Vasudevanand Saraswati - Ganesh Vasudev Tembe Swami Maharaj | Mangav |
| Dharmasindhukar Baba Bhatt Padhye | Rajapur /Sangameshwar |
| Shri. Moropant Paradkar (Kavivarya Moropant) | Baramati |
| Rani Lakshmibai Nevalkar Tambe | Jhansi |
| Shri. Rangavadhoot Valame Maharaj - Pujyashrii Bapujii | Ahmedabad |
| Brahmarishii Shripad Damodar Satawalekar | Sawantwadi |
| Shri. Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar | Kolkata |
| Sri. Jagannath Ganesh Gunye aka Swami Kuvalayananda | Lonavala |
| Padmabhushan Dr. N. S. Hardikar | Ghatprabha |
| Param Pujaniiya Shri. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar Guruji, [2] | Nagpur |
| Bharat Ratna Shri. Govind Vallabh Pant (Paradkar) | Garhwal |
| Shri. Bal Gangadhar Kher | Mumbai |
| Shri. Ganesh Vasudev Mavlankar | Ahmedabad |
| Vedasamrat - Sakharam Maheshwar Bhatt Padhye | Lanja |
| Vidwatratna Pandit Vasudev Lakshman Shastri Panshikar | Goa |
| Vidyaratna - Dattatreyashastri Nigudkar | Rajapur |
| Vyakaranratna - B. G. Hardikar | Ratnagiri |
| Acharya - Raghunath Ganesh Hardikar | Ratnagiri |
| Dr. S. K. Belwalkar | Mumbai |
| Mahamahopadhyay Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi | Nagpur |
| Mahamahopadhyay Datto Vaman Potdar | Pune |
| Padmabhushan Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar | Ujjain |
| Dr. Shankar Balkrishna Dikshit - First Director General of Archiological Survey of India | |
| Shri. M. P. Degwekar | Nagpur |
| Shri. Rajaram Shastri Bhagwat | Rajapur |
| Shri. Shankar Shrikrishna Dev | Dhule |
| Shri. Balshastri Jambhekar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar | Kolkata |
| Shri. H. R. Mahajani | Satara |
| Shri. Prabhakar Padhye | Lanja |
| Shri. Shashishekhar Athlye Guruji | Sangameshwar |
| Shri. G. T. Madkholkar | Nagpur |
| Shri. S. R. Tikekar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Govind Talwalkar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Govind Trimbak Parande | Nagpur |
| Acharya - Shankarrao Jawdekar | Pune |
| Shri. T. S. Shejwalkar | Mumbai |
| Smt. Durga Bhagwat | Mumbai |
| Sou. Prajaktatai Amrute | Dombivali |
| Shri. Shankarrao Dev | Pune |
| Shri. Baburao Paradkar | Varanasi |
| Shri. V. S. Khandekar | Kolhapur |
| Shri. B. R. Tambe | Indore |
| Shri. Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar (Kavi Yashwant) | Baroda |
| Shri. B. P. Kirloskar (Annasaheb Kirloskar) | Pune |
| Shri. V. S. Gurjar | Kasheli |
| Shri. Vasant Shankar Kanetkar | Nashik |
| Shri. Bhalchandra Pendharkar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Suresh Bhatt | Nagpur |
| Shri. Sudhir Moghe | Pune |
| Shri. Anand Sadhale | Mumbai |
| Shri. Shripadshastri Kinjawadekar | Pune |
| Shri. Swarabhaskar Bhaskar Buva Bakhale | Baroda |
| Shri. Govindrao Tembye | Kolhapur |
| Shri. Shankarrao Biniwale | Pune |
| Pandit Vishwanath Rao Ringe 'Tanarang' | Indore |
| Shri. Yashwant Buva Mirashi | Pune |
| Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki | Goa |
| Smt. Sumati Mutatkar | Nagpur |
| Shri. Shrikant Bakre | Kolkata |
| Shri. Daji Bhatawadekar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Sharad Talwalkar | Pune |
| Shri. Shrikant Moghe | Pune |
| Shri. Prabhakar Panshikar | Mumbai |
| Smt. Reema Bhadabhade | Mumbai |
| Smt. Ila Bhate | Mumbai |
| Shri. Raja Nawathe | Lanja/Mumbai |
| Shri. Harshawardhan Nawathe | Mumbai |
| Shri. Charudatta Sarpotdar | Pune |
| Shri. Shantanu Shevade | Baroda |
| Shri. Madhavraoji Mulye | Nagpur |
| Shri. Madhavraoji Sapre | Raipur |
| Smt. Indirabai Halbe | Devrukh |
| Shri. Ramkrishna Shankar Tatke | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vinayakabhatt Sitaramabhatt Athlye Guruji | Ratnagiri |
| Rajratna Dajisaheb Tambe | Baroda |
| Wrangler G. S. Mahajani | Satara |
| Wrangler V. V. Naralikar | Kolhapur |
| Smt. Yamunabai Hirlekar | Mumbai |
| Riyasatkar G. S. Sardesai | Pune |
| Shrinivas Hardikar | Kanpur |
| Shri. Nanasaheb Naralkar | Pune |
| Shri. Ramkrishna Hari - Dadasaheb Bhadkamkar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Nandu Natekar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Manohar Hardikar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Chandu Sarawate | Indore |
| Shri. Gaurav Natekar | Pune |
| Shri. Sandeep Kirtane | Pune |
| Smt. Aparna Phalnikar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Nitin Kirtane | Pune |
| Shri. Lakshmanrao Kirloskar | Kirloskarwadi |
| Shri. Shantanu Lakshmanrao Kirloskar | Pune |
| Shri. P. M. Bakhle - ICS - First Commissioner of Indian Railways | Delhi |
| Shri. Thakurdesai - First ICS | Delhi |
| Shri. Sakharam Harishchandra Bhatawadekar - Sawedada | Mumbai |
| Shri. V. V. Chirmule | Satara |
| Shri. Wakhale of Wakhale gharana of Indian Classical Music | Saagar |
| Smt. Kusum Agate | Delhi |
| Shri. Gopalrao Deuskar | Pune |
| Shri. Madhavrao Satawalekar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Gopal Gurjar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Keshav Bhikaji Dhawale | Mumbai |
| Shri. G. K. Raikar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Govind Ramchandra Moghe | Mumbai |
| Shri. Govind Pant Bundele | Saagar |
| Shri. Visaji Pant Biniwale (Chinchalkar) | Pune |
| Shri. Lakshman Balwant Bhopatkar | Pune |
| Col. Harshe | Nashik |
| Shri. Purushhottam Ganesh Malvankar | Ahmedabad |
| Shri. Sitarampant Kher | Lucknow |
| Shri. Shrinivas Sardesai | Mumbai |
| Shri. Krishna Chandra Govind Pant (Paradkar) | Delhi |
| Shri. Shankar Vaman Agharkar | Pune |
| Shri. Gopal Vaman i.e. Kakasaheb Pandit | Deorukh |
| Shri. G. D. Ambekar | Mumbai |
| Dr. Bhausaheb Satawalekar | Hyderabad |
| Shri. Gopal Ganesh i.e. Dadasaheb Shembekar | Baramati |
| Shri. Nanasaheb Gurjar | Harihar |
| Shri. Appasaheb Kotibhaskar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Arvind Deo | Pune |
| Shri. Mohan Katre | Pune |
| Shri. Achyut Shridhar Wakhale | Delhi |
| Smt. Malati Tambe Vaidya | Nagpur |
| Shri. Purushottam Pusalkar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Acharya S. J. Bhagwat | Pune |
| Shri. Shan. Naa. Navare | Dombivali |
| Shri. Arun Tikekar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vijay Kuvalekar | Pune |
| Shri. Anant Gopal Shevade | Nagpur |
| Shri. Ramchandra Sapre - Winner of first National Chess Championship | Mumbai |
| Shri. Madhavrao Gothoskar | Mumbai |
| Shri. Umesh Lalit | Delhi |
| Shrimati. Rohini Bhate | Pune |
| Shri. V. V. Bhat | Mumbai |
| Shri. Hemant Karkare | Mumbai |
Only 125 names have been listed for the sake of brevity. They are all mostly of the generations past or past their prime. There is no particular order followed. If any names are left out - it is only because of error - nothing else.
Next is a list of eminent Karhade personalities who are very much active in their fields today and we can watch them attain great heights with pride! It is in alphabetical order of surname. This list is being modified as more names are being sent in, so keep checking!
| Personality | Field | City |
| 1. Armed Forces | ||
| Col. Anil Athale | Founder Co-ordinator of INPAD | Pune |
| Shri. Jayant Umranikar | Additional Director General of Police (CID), Pune | Pune |
| Shri. Rajan Katdare | Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mumbai | Mumbai |
| Shri. Sanjay Govind Parande | Additional Superintendent of Police (HQ), Anti Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vivek Phansalkar | Commissioner of Police | Mumbai |
| Shri. Pramod S. Phalnikar | Inspector-General Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) | Mumbai |
| Shri. Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande | Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi |
| 2. Business | ||
| Shri. Atul C. Kirloskar | CMD, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. | Pune | Shri. Rahul C. Kirloskar | CMD, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd. | Pune |
| Shri. Vikram S. Kirloskar | Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt. Ltd. | Bangalore |
| Shri. Vijay R. Kirloskar | CMD, Kirloskar Electric Company Ltd. | Bangalore |
| Shri. Sanjay C. Kirloskar | CMD, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. | Pune |
| Shri. Vijay Dhawale | Statesman | Ontario, Canada |
| Shri. Madhukar Talwalkar | Talwalkars | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vijay D. Deo | MD, D. V. Deo Industries | Cochin |
| Shri. Ravi Pandit | CEO, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd | Pune |
| Shri. Gajananrao Pendharkar | ChairmanVICCO | Mumbai |
| Shri. Ranjit Puranik | CEO, Shree Dhootapapeshwar Ltd. | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vijay Pusalkar | Chairman & MD, Indo Schottle Auto Parts | Pune |
| Shri. Ravindra Prabhudesai | MD, Pitambari | Thane |
| Shri. Shantanu Bhadkamkar | MD, ATC Clearing & Shipping, Chairman, FFFAI | Mumbai |
| Shri. Mundodu Gopalakrishna Bhat | Best Farmer Award 2010-11 winner, Govt. of Kerala | Kerala |
| Shri. Makarand Moghe | Director, ATC Clearing & Shipping | Mumbai |
| Shri. Dipak Sapre | Chef, Rohstoffe fuer Spitzenkuechen | Germany |
| Shri. Sharatchandra Balkrishna Sarvate | Limca Record holder for controlled blasting by implosion | Indore |
| Shri. Bhaskar G. Sandu | Chairman, Sandu Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | Mumbai |
| 3. Corporate | ||
| Shri. Sandesh Kirkire | CEO, Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | Mumbai |
| Shri. Sameer Garde | Country General Manager, Dell India | Bengaluru |
| Shri. Kishore Chaukar | Director Tata Group | Mumbai |
| Smt. Harshala Chandorkar | Senior Vice President, CIBIL | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vilas Dhawale | Managing Director, LORD India Chemical Products Pvt. Ltd. | Mumbai |
| Shri. Abhijit Talwalkar | President and CEO, LSI Logic | California, USA |
| Shri. Y. M. Deosthale | CFO L&T | Mumbai |
| Shri. Satish Naralkar | MD & CEO, NSE IT | Mumbai |
| Shri. Ravi Naware | CEO ITC Foods | Mumbai |
| Shri. Nitin Pandit | President, IIEC | Mumbai |
| Shri. Shrinivas Pandit | Leadership counsellor & author | Mumbai |
| Shri. Mohan Pusalkar | Executive Director & President, Godrej | Mumbai |
| Shri. Dhananjay Bakhle | Senior Director, Aventis Pharma | Mumbai |
| Shri. Satish Borwankar | Chief Operating Officer, Tata Motors | Mumbai |
| Shri. Harish Bhat | Deputy President and Group Treasurer, UB Group | Bangalore |
| Shri. Vishnu Manohar | Guinness World record holding celebrity chef | Nagpur |
| Smt. Vishakha Mulye | CFO & Treasurer, ICICI Bank | Mumbai |
| Shri. Deepak Shahane | VP & GM, Netplane Motorola | Massachussetts, USA |
| Shri. Jayant Sapre | Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. | Pune |
| Shri. Sunil Sapre | VP Godrej | Mumbai |
| Shri. Milind Sarwate | Chief Financial Officer, Marico Industries | Mumbai |
| Shri. Dilip Sarwate | President of Institute of Management Consultants of India | Pune |
| Shri. Deepak Satawalekar | Lead Independent Director, Infosys | Mumbai |
| Shri. Anil Shrikhande | President, Rolls Royce India | New Delhi |
| Shri. Umesh Shrikhande | Executive VP, Contract Advertising | Mumbai |
| Shri. Govind Shrikhande | CEO Shoppers Stop | Mumbai |
| 4. Government | ||
| Shri. Prakash Javadekar | Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting | Delhi |
| Shri. W. S. Tambe | MD Madhya Pradesh Audyogic Vikas Mahamandal, ED RBI, Joint Secretary - Ministry of Finance, & Executive Director - World Bank | Pune |
| Shri. Yashodhan Govind Parande | Director General, Indian Revenue Service | New Delhi |
| Justice P. D. Mulye | High Court Judge (Retired) | Indore |
| Shri. Krishna Murari Moghe | Mayor of Indore | Indore |
| Shri. Uday Umesh Lalit | Supreme Court Judge | Delhi |
| Shri. Abhay Manohar Sapre | Supreme Court Judge | Delhi |
| Shri. Nitin Sardesai | Vice President, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena | Mumbai |
| Shri. Madhukarrao Sarpotdar | Former Member of Parliament | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vivek Narayan Shejvalkar | Mayor of Gwalior city | Gwalior |
| Shri. Shravan Hardikar | Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner | Pimpri |
| 5. Media | ||
| Shri. Dilip Karambelkar | Editor-in-chief, Marathi Vishwakosh | Mumbai |
| Shri. Ashutosh Gowarikar | Director of Oscar nominated film | Mumbai |
| Smt. Smita Talwalkar | Film and serial Director & Actress | Mumbai |
| Smt. Usha Tambe | President of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal | Mumbai |
| Shri. Sudhir Nandgaonkar | President FIPRESCI-India, General Secretary FFSI, Trustee of MAMI | Mumbai |
| Shri. Ashok Panvalkar | Editor, Maharashtra Times | Mumbai |
| Shri. Vasant Sarvate | Cartoonist | Mumbai |
| 6. Medicine | ||
| Dr. Shekhar Ambardekar | Cardiac Surgeon | Mumbai |
| Dr. Bhagwant Rajaram Kalke | Cardiologist | Mumbai |
| Dr. Milind Kirtane | ENT and 2014 Padmashri awardee | Mumbai |
| Vaidya Balaji Tambe | Founder, Atmasantulana Village | Lonavala |
| Dr. Ketan Shevde | Maimonides Medical Centre HOD | NY, USA |
| Dr. H. V. Sardesai | Cardiologist | Pune |
| Dr. Winita Hardikar | Royal Childrens Hospital HOD | Melbourne, Australia |
| Dr. Sharad Hardikar | Padmashree, Orthopaedic Surgeon | Pune |
| Dr. V. N. Shrikhande | World famous Gastro Enterologist Surgeon | Mumbai |
| 7. Music | ||
| Ku. Aarya Ambekar | SaReGaMaPa Little Champs Finalist | Pune |
| Shri. Kaushal Inamdar | Music Composer | Mumbai |
| Pandit. Ulhas Kashalkar | Master Hindustani Vocalist | Pune / Kolkata |
| Shri. Swanand Kirkire | Song writer | Mumbai |
| Pandit Vijay Ghate | Tabla artist and 2014 Padmashri awardee | Mumbai |
| Taalyogi Pandit. Suresh Talwalkar | Famous Tabla artist | Mumbai |
| Smt. Devaki Pandit | Young Maestro Hindustani Vocalist | Mumbai |
| Vishwajeet Borwankar | Winner of Marathi Sa Re Ga Ma | Mumbai |
| Pandit. Shailesh Bhagwat | Shehnai Maestro | Thane |
| Ku. Prathamesh Laghate | SaReGaMaPa Little Champs Finalist | Sangameshwar |
| 8. NGO | ||
| Smt. Shakuntala Athalye | Founder of Pragati Kendra: Institution for Mentally Challenged Persons | Matunga, Mumbai |
| Shri. Vishwas (Bhau) Katdare | Founder of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra | Ratnagiri |
| Sau. Shobha Balkrishna Nakhare | National awardee for best teacher & Principal CSED | Mumbai |
| Shri. Milind Parande | Vice President and National Convenor of Bajrang Dal | Mumbai |
| Shri. Shyam Parande | General Secretary and International Co-ordinator of Sewa International | New Delhi |
| Smt. Vaijayanti Pandit | Director, FICCI | Mumbai |
| Shri. Madhav Bhandari | Chief Spokesperson, BJP Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| Shri. Girish Bharadwaj | Building Suspension Foot Bridges | Karnataka |
| Dr. Mohan Bhagwat | Sarasanghachalak, RSS | Nagpur |
| 9. Science & Academics | ||
| Padmashri Dr. Vasant Gowarikar | Former Director of VSSC | Pune |
| Padmavibhushan J. V. Naralikar | Wrangler, Founder of IUCAA | Kolhapur |
| Shri. Shyam Nawathe | University HOD | Atlanta, USA |
| Shri. Harshawardhan Nawathe | First Karodpati of Kaun Banega Karodpati | Mumbai |
| Shri. Devdatta Patil | Maharshi Badarayana Vyasa Samman awardee | Pune |
| Ku. Ananya D. Bhat | PUC II (12th) 2011 topper in Karnataka | Puttur, Karnataka |
| Dr. Jayadeva Bhat | Professor, Biotechnology, IIT Powai | Mumbai |
| Shri. Guru Krishna Bhat, Perla | Karnataka Rajyotsava Award winner; Outstanding Teacher award, Kerala Govt. & well known yakshagana artist | Kasargod |
| Shri. Balipa Narayan Bhat Bhagavata | Karnataka Rajyotsava 2010 Award; Karnataka Folk music & Yakshnagaana Academy Award 2003, Kerala Sangeeta Natak Academy Award 2003 | Bangalore |
| Shri. Shri. Shri. Bhatt | Jyotirvidya Vachaspati | Dombivali |
| Dr. P. C. Shejwalkar | Professor Emeritus of Commerce and Management Sciences of Pune University | Pune |
| Professor Damodar Sardesai | History Professor, UCLA | California, USA |
| Prof. Rajen Harshe | Vice-Chancellor, Allahabad University | Allahabad |
| 10. Sports | ||
| Shri. Tushar Khandkar | Forward, Indian Hockey Team | Bangalore |
| Smt. Sangeeta Chandorkar | International Carrom Silver Medalist, National Champion | Mumbai |
| Smt. Shalini Chirputkar | Oldest (90 years) female marathon participant for 2 consecutive years | Mumbai |
| Ku. Anuja Thakur | World Billiards Champion | Mumbai |
| Ku. Meenal Thakur | Indian Billiards Champion | Mumbai |
| Ku. Nikhil Paradkar | Ranji Maharashtra Captain | Pune |
| Shri. Sairaj Bahutule | Cricketer for India, Mumbai & Surrey teams | Mumbai |
| Shri. Tejas Bakre | 12th Indian Chess Grandmaster | Ahmedabad |
| Smt. Monica C. Bakre | National Kabaddi Captain, Arjun awardee | Mumbai |
| Ku. Aditi Mutatkar | National Badminton Champion and 2010 Asian Championship quarterfinalist | Pune |
| Ku. Runita Moghe | Maharashtra Gymnastics Team Captain | Dombivali |
| Ku. Pankaj Arvind Sainekar | World record holder in Surya Namaskar | Goa |
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