List of Chitpavans

This is a list of Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins

Advertising

• Aditya Lele
• Ravindra Mankani

Doctors

Philosophy/Religion/Social Reformation

• Pandurang Shastri Athavale
• Gurudev Rambhau Ranade

Business

• Jayant Joshi, Managing Editor, Deepa Publications)
• Jayant Narayan Godbole, Former Chairman, IDBI Bank Ltd.
• Mr. Virendra D. Mhaiskar Chairman & Managing Director, IRB Infrastructure Ltd.
• Manohar Ganesh Sathe, Former Chairman & Managing Director, Sathe Buiscuits & Chocolates Ltd.

Politics/Social Reform

• Dr. Arun Gadre (Author "My Kinwat Days")
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Chapekar brothers
• Dhondo Keshav Karve
• Gopal Hari Deshmukh(Lokhitwadi)
• Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale
• Mahadev Govind Ranade
• N. V. Tilak (Reverend Tilak)
• Sane Guruji
• Pandita Ramabai
• Raghunath Dhondo Karve
• Senapati Bapat
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
• Vinoba Bhave
• D.K. Kunte
• Balaji Vishwanath (Bhatt)
• Vasant Sathe
• Irawati Karve
• Shivram Ganesh Barve
• Jayantrao Tilak
• Vasant Baji Kale

• Shree Vitthalrao Ganesh Josi(Shree Digambardas Maharaj)the founder of Dervan shiv Shrushti and Walawalkar hospital,Ratnagiri)
• Dr.Ravin Thatte(One of the best Plastic Surgeons from India)
• Dr. Jairaj Phatak
• Vasudeo Karandikar

Sport

• Ajit Agarkar (Indian National Cricket team)
• D. B. Deodhar (Cricket Maharshi Deodhar)
• Hemant Kanitkar (Indian National Cricket team)
• Hrishikesh Kanitkar (Indian National Cricket team)
• Harsha Bhogle (International Cricket Analyst, Commentator, Television Host)
• C. K. Sathe (Indian National Cricket Umpire)
• Jay Ranade (Two times ISKA World Champion Martial Arts Breaking, 4 times World Champion Arm Wrestling)
• Sheena Ranade (Youngest Chitpavan Taekwondo Blackbelt in the World, Received at age 7)
• Rohini Khadilkar (ex-Indian Women's Chess Champion)
• Bhagyashree Sathe-Thipse (National chess player)
• Sandeep Marathe (BCCI Cricket Scorer & Statistician
• Sriranga Wasudev 'Ranga' Sohoni (Indian National Cricket team)
• Pradeep Kelkar ('ShivChhaptrapati Award, Maharashtra State for Mountaineering)

Information Technology

• Deepak Ghaisas (CEO, India Operations and Chief Financial Officer i-flex solutions)
• Anil P. Gadre (executive V.P. Sun Microsystems)
• Kaustubh Raghunath Gadre
• Achyut Godbole
• Jay Ranade
• Snehal Karandikar
• Yashavant Kanetkar (director KICIT)
• Amit D. Karandikar
• Harsh Chitale, CEO HCL Infosystems

Cinema/Theatre

• Aditi Govitrikar
• Asawari Joshi
• Ashvini Bhave-Bopardikar
• Bhakti Barve
• Dadasaheb Phalke
• Madhuri Dixit-Nene
• Mohan Agashe
• Mohan Gokhale
• Prashant Damle
• Vinay Apte
• Sanjay Mone
• Mohan Gokhale
• Madhura Velankar
• Dr. Girish Oak
• Girija Oak
• Sai Tamhankar
• Neha Pendse
• Subodh Bhave
• Mukta Barve
• Sharad Ponkshe
• Priya Bapat
• Vikram Gokhale
• Sudhir Joshi
• Shrirang Godbole
• Govind Ballal Deval (Natyacharya)
• Vishnudas Bhave
• Rakesh Bapat (Hindi Movie: Tum Bin)
• Milind Soman
• Bhagyashree Patwardhan
• Mugdha Godse
• Atul Pethe
• Gajanan Paranjpe
• Dr. Shriram Lagoo
• Chandrakant Gokhale
• Vishram Bedekar
• Raja Paranjape
• Akshay Dandekar
• Sunil Barve

Music

• Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
• D. V. Paluskar
• Pandit Vishnu Narain Bhatkhande
• Sudhir Phadke
• Shridhar Phadke
• Sanjeev Abhyankar
• Ravindra Sathe
• Chandrakant Kale
• Uttara Kelkar
• Anand Bhate
• Meena Joshi (Hasabnis)
• Bhakti Barve
• Asha Khadilkar
• Sandeep Khare
• Milind Date
• Anuradha Marathe
• Hrishikesh Ranade
• Jasraj Joshi
• KoBra-Marathi Rapper

Literature

• G. N. Dandekar
• Madhav Kanitkar
• Hari Narayan Apte
• Gangadhar Gadgil
• S. J. Joshi
• Vasant Bapat
• Madhav Julian
• Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave
• Vidyadhar Gokhale
• Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar
• Shivram Mahadev Paranjape
• Yashawant Dinkar Phadke
• Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar
• Raghunath D. Joshi
• Na Si Phadke
• Malti Bedekar
• Vishram Bedekar
• Shripad Narayan Pendse
• Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar
• Krushnashastri Chiplunkar
• Vinda Karandikar
• Krishnaji Keshav Damle
• Adv. Madhav Gajanan Kanitkar
• Leena Sohoni Notable translations: Lajja, Not Without My Daughter, Wise and Otherwise (among many others)
• Arvind V.Gokhale Deputy Editor, Loksatta, a largest circulated Marathi daily. Shri. Gokhale wrote many books, namely PakistanNama, Aksharanjali, IC-184 ( A Novel), Kargil Te Kandahar, Ameriket Shikayachay, Pardeshat Shikayachay, Mandalaycha Rajbandi etc. Mandalaycha Rajbandi has received many Awards including Nashik Sarvajanik vachnalay Award for 2009-10, N.C. Kelkar Award of the Kesari-Maharatta trust, Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh award, Hedgewar Award of the Parle's Lokmanya Sahitya Sangh, Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad award. He is also a recipient of The Acharya Atre Award. He has also received internationally recognized fellowships namely The Harry Brittain memorial fellowship of the Commonwealth Press Union, London and The Henry L. Stimson Fellowship of Washington DC.

Academics

• Dr. Arun K. Gadre
• Dr. Kamalakar C. Gadre
• Pandurang Vaman Kane
• Dr. Satish Karandikar (Principal-Sinhgad Dental College & Hospital, Pune)
• Vi Ka Rajwade
• R. P. Paranjpe
• Prabhakar Shankar Sane
• Dr. V.g.Bhide
• Dr. R. N. Dandekar

Bureaucrats

• C.B.Bhave, Chairman SEBI
• Madhav Godbole, Former Home Secretary, Govt. of India
• Dr. Vijay Kelkar
• Jairaj Phatak