Anita Bose Pfaff (née Schenkl, born 29 November 1942) is an Austrian economist, who has previously been a professor at the University of Augsburg as well as a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

[1] She is the daughter of Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–1945) and his wife, [2][a] or companion,[3][b] Emilie Schenkl.

[4][4] Pfaff was raised by her mother, who worked shifts in a telephone trunk office during the postwar years to support the family, which included Pfaff's maternal grandmother.

They have three children: Peter Arun, Thomas Krishna and Maya Carina.

[6] Pfaff is mentioned in the Bollywood film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero.