Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB)

 

 

 

Goud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB) have made significant contribution to a variety of fields like literature, business, sports, cinema, law, etc. The following is list of notable individuals belonging to GSB community (including its sub-communities)

Government and law

 

Sir B. N. Rau, jurist (was judge on International Court in the Hague and President of United Nations Security Council. Prepared the original draft of Constitution of India. Also drafted Constitution of Burma (Myanmar) in 1947.)

Suresh Tendulkar, former Chief Economic Advisor to Prime Minister

Justice K. T. Telang (1850-1892) Judge Bombay High Court & Youngest Vice Chancellor of Bombay University. Exceptional legal mind, Educationist, Scholar of Sanskrit

[edit]RBI

Sir B. R. Rau, former Governor of RBI

Subir Gokarn, present Deputy Governor of RBI

Shiralkar Shrinath S. : Dy.Governor of Reserve Bank of India from 18th Dec.1970 to 25 July 1976.

[edit]Science and technology

 

Prof. Jayant Baliga, named by Scientific American one of “Eight Heroes of Semiconductor Revolution”, holder of over 100 patents including that for IGBT

Arun Netravali, Chief Scientist of Alcatel Lucent, France. Pioneer of digital technology including HDTV, MPEG compression. Formerly President of renowned Bell Labs

Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Head of Nuclear Programme of India

Prashant Kamat, rated as one of top 100 chemists of past decade by Times Higher Education Group.

Achyut Kanvinde, considered as one of forefathers of modern Indian architecture.

[edit]Literature

 

[edit]Marathi

Pu La Deshpande

Kaka Kalelkar (the only person to win Sahitya Akadami award for his writings in two languages - marathi & Gujarati)

Mama Varerkar, playwright

Mangesh Padgaonkar, famous poet

Baa Bha Borkar, poet in marathi and konkani

Jaywant Dalvi

Vijay Tendulkar, leading playwright of India

Ratnakar Matkari

Arati Prabhu (C. T. Khanolkar)

Dr. Subhash Bhende

Laxmanrao Sardessai, noted poet in marathi, konkani as well as Portuguese

Vijaya Rajadhyaksha

Vasant Sabnis

Sunita Deshpande

Mangesh Rajadhyaksha

Ramesh Mantri

Girija Keer

Pu Shi Rege

Sumati Kshetramade

Bal Samant

Narayan Govind Kalelkar, winner of Sahitya Akadami award in year 1967

Anant Priolkar

Ravindra Pinge

Shridhar Tilve

[edit]Kannada

Girish Karnad, a Jnanapeetha awardeee

Rashtrakavi M Govinda Pai, one of the greatest Kannada poets. Was fluent in 25 languages.

Gourish Kaikini, Sanskrit and Kannada scholar

Jayant Kaikini

Mangesh V. Nadkarni

Arvind Nadkarni

Sundar Nadkarni

Gangadhar Chittal

Yashwant Chittal

Dinakara Desai

P. Mangesh Rao

Santosh Kumar Gulwadi

[edit]Konkani

Basti Vaman Shenoy

Ravindra Kelekar, a Jnanapeetha awardeee

Shenoi Goembab

R. V. Pandit

B.V. Baliga

[edit]Other

Santha Rama Rau (English writer)

Uncle Pai (Anant Pai, publisher of Amar Chitra Katha. He was described as the most famous 'Uncle' after Chacha Nehru by former PM Atalji)

[edit]Scholars and academicians

 

Sir Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar (Sanskrit scholar, Orientalist, social reformer)

Dharmanand D. Kossambe (Internationally known Scholar of Buddhism)

Damodar D. Kossambe(Polymath)

Kashinath Trimbak Telang (Sanskrit scholar, former judge of Mumbai High Court from 1889 till death in 1893 and Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University. Translated Sanskrit epics in English. Also was the first Secretary of Indian National Congress)

B. R. Shenoy(Famous economist, first ever economist to speak against socialist planning of India governments)

Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (rated as 12th best business school by Financial Times)

Rajnarayan Chandavarkar

S. B. Mujumdar, founder of Symbiosis Society

[edit]Doctors

Dr. Bhau Daji Laud - first doctor of India

Dwarkanath Kotnis - (Surgeon in China during 1938-42 Second Sino-Japanese War)

M. G. Kini - considered by the Indian Orthopedic surgical community as the forerunner of Orthopedic Surgery in India

A. V. Baliga

Annapoorna Kini

Dr. Shreedhar Shantaram Ajgaonkar - founder of Diabetic Association of India (1955) and first specialized hospital for the diabetics in Mumbai – now known as S. L. Raheja hospital.

[edit]Business and industry

 

Vijay Mallya, Chairman of UB Group

Dr. T. M. A. Pai, founder of Manipal Group and Syndicate Bank

[edit]IT industry

Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder of Infosys

Rohith Bhat, Robosoft Technologies

Sunil Gaitonde, founder of GS Labs, member of TiE Board of Directors

[edit]Banking

[edit]Past

A. S. R. Pai, Co-founder of Canara Bank

[edit]Art and music

 

Suman Kalyanpur

Anuradha Paudwal

Hema Sardesai

Laxmikant Kudalkar (of Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo)

Vasant Desai

Vasant Prabhu

Bhaskar Chandavarkar

Pandit Upendra Bhat

Mohanrao Palekar

Pandit Ratnakar Pai

Ramesh L. Nadkarni

Aditya Kalyanpur

Nityanand Haldipur

Nandu Bhende

Uday Benegal of rock band Indus Creed

Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Mohan Samant, named among the "hundred leading artists in the world today in TIME magazine in 1963

V. S. Gaitonde, Painter

Maya Kamath—Lady cartoonist of international fame

Puttur Narasimha Nayak

[edit]Cinema & theatre

 

Dadasaheb (Ramchandra Gopal) Torne – true Father of Indian Cinema (though Dadasaheb Phalke is credited as such), as he created first motion picture in India (Pundlik) in year 1912. He was also the first to open distribution offices, produced first Talkie in India along with Ardeshir Irani (Alam Ara), first double role cinema in India (Aout ghatkecha raja) and also first silver jubilee film in India (Shyam Sunder)

Guru Dutt (born Vasanth Kumar Shivshankar Padukone), named in the list of CNN’s “top 25 Asian Actors of All Time”

Shyam Benegal

Kalpana Lajmi

Durga Khote - First lady of Indian silver screen. Acted with all distinguished actors of the country of her time

Leena Chandavarkar

Amol Palekar

Nitish Bharadwaj

Isha Koppikar

Deepika Padukone

Urmila Matondkar

Amrita Rao

Manjari Phadnis

Ashok Saraf

Sachin Pilgaonkar

Supriya Pilgaonkar (Sabnis)

Varsha Usgaonkar

Nishikant Kamat, director of films like Dombivali Fast, Satchya Aat Gharat

Priya Tendulkar

Milind Gunaji

Ninad Kamat

Radhika Pandit, actress from the South

Preetika (Preeta Rao), actress the from South

Shankar Nag, Kannada matinee idol

Anant Nag, veteran Kannada actor

Sundar Rao Nadkarni - the director of the record-creating Tamil film Haridas.

[edit]Journalists

 

Shobha De (Rajadhyaksha) (Famous author and columnist, Editor of Stardust magazine)

M V Kamath (former Editor, Illustrated Weekly of India & ex-Chairman, Prasar Bharathi)

Rajdeep Sardesai (Prominent TV personality of IBNLive)

T. V. R. Shenoy (former Editor of The Week and Sunday Mail)

[edit]Sports

 

[edit]Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar

Khandu Rangnekar

Sunil Gavaskar

Rohan Gavaskar

Madhav Mantri

Dilip Vengsarkar

Dilip Sardesai

Bapu Nadkarni

Ajit Pai

Chandrakant Pandit

Amol Muzumdar

Suru Nayak

[edit]Other

Prakash Padukone - Badminton

Vandana Shanbagh – Athletics, Winner of Silver medal in 1987 Asian Games

Dinesh Nayak - Indian hockey team player

[edit]Defence & Armed forces

 

[edit]Air Force

Air Chief Marshal Lakshman Katre, IAF, Chief of the Air Staff

Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, IAF, Chief of the Air Staff

Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, IAF, Chief of Air Staff

Wing Commander Vishwanath Balakrishna Sawardekar, IAF, AVSM, KC[1]

[edit]Navy

Admiral J.G Nadkarni: Indian Navy, Chief of Naval Staff

[edit]Army

Lt.General Prakash Gokarn: Retd.Signal Officer-in-Chief,Army H.Q.,Was Secretary of Army`s Reorganization and Restructuring Expert committee for upgrading organisation and &Weapon Systems of the Army.Was awarded Ati Vishist Seva Medal and Param Vishist Seva Medal for distinguished services of the most exceptional level by the President of India.

[edit]Other

Ashok Nayak, Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)[2]

[edit]Politics and social service

 

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaay née Dhareshwar

U. Srinivas Mallya

Karnad Sadashiv Rao

Suresh Prabhu

Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa

Digambar Kamat, former Chief Minister of Goa

Medha Patkar

Ram Krishna Baliga, former Chairman of Keonics and father of Electronics City of Bangalore

Gurudas Kamat

Ahilya Rangnekar

Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar - former President of Indian National Congress

Radhabai Subbarayan

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare - Governor, Orissa

[edit]Historical figures

 

Lakshman Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty, built Banaganga tank and Walkeshwar temple)

Rama Kamath

Rudra Pai (Minister of Silhara dynasty)

Mahadevaiyya Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty)

Somanaiyya Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty)

Anant Pai Prabhu (Minister of Silhara dynasty)

Naro Ram Mantri(Minister in Sahu Maharaj's court)

Ramachandra Baba Sukthankar (official in Peshwa court)

Timaji kamath (An admiral of Vijayanagar empire)

Jivbadada Kerkar (Bakshi of Sindhia army)

Lakhbadada Lad (An officer of Sindhia army)

Lalaji Gulgule (An officer of Sindhia army)

Appaji Ram (Diplomat of Hyder Ali/Tippu Sultan)

Baloba Tatya (official of Sindhia court)

[edit]Spiritual field

 

Shri Gaudapadacharya - The propounder of Advaita philosophy (considered first pontiff – Swamiji – of Kavale math, Goa)

Shri Govinda Bhagavatpadacharya - Disciple of Sri Gouda padacharya and Guru of Adi Shankaracharya (considered second pontiff – Swamiji – of Kavale math, Goa)

[edit]Firsts

 

Bal Mangesh Wagle, First Barrister (advocate) of India[3]

Dr. Ramakrishna Vitthal Laud, First Doctor of India[4] and also first Indian Sheriff[3]

Dr. R G Bhandarkar, first Graduate and Post-graduate batch of Mumbai University/ India

Rao Bahadur S S Talmiki, founder of first Co-op Housing Society in the whole of Asia[5]

Sir B. N. Rau, first Indian judge on International Court at the Hague and also first Indian President of United Nations Security Council

Lalith Rao (Hindustani musician) First lady engineer in India who did doctorate[6]

Nileshwar Narayan Pai (ex-Chairman of Corporation Bank and IDBI Bank) - the first Gold Medalist in the Chartered Accountancy exam when it was introduced.[6]

 

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