Vasant Vaman Bapat

Vishwanath Vaman Bapat, also known as Vasant Bapat (Devanagari: वसंत बापट; July 25, 1922 – September 17, 2002), was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. He was born on July 25, 1922 in Karad in Satara district of Maharashtra. Bapat received a master's degree in Marathi and Sanskrit literature from Sir Parshurambhau College in Pune in 1948. He then taught Sanskrit and Marathi until 1976, first, National College and then Ramnarain Ruia College, both in Mumbai. During 1974-1982, he served as the Rabindranath Tagore Chair at Mumbai University.