Arvind Ganpat Sawant (born 31 December 1951) is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena (UBT) party who have served as Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises from 30 May 2019 to 11 November 2019.
On 11 November 2019, Sawant quit as union minister in Modi government due to ongoing power tussle between Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena in follow up to 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.
Prior to joining politics, he worked as an engineer with the state-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, the largest landline provider in Mumbai and Delhi.
[3][4][5] In 1968, Sawant started his political career with Shiv Sena as a 'gat pramukh', the lowest rank of the party hierarchy.
He was considered a "weak candidate" by India Today compared to his main competitor, Milind Deora of the Indian National Congress party.