Dayanand Sarveshwar Nadkarni (1910–2000) was an activist, a freedom fighter, and a Member of the legislative assembly to the Karnataka State, Bangalore during 1967-1971 (from Ankola Constituency as a Praja Socialist Party candidate),[1] when Veerendra Patil was the Chief Minister of the Karnataka state.
Nadkarni was also the founder member of The Kanara Welfare Trust.
[2] D. S. Nadkarni was originally from Bankikodla village.
Around 1955, Nadkarni migrated to Ankola to work with Dinakara Desai; Nadkarni was right hand-man of Dinakara Desai.
Nadkarni was a member of the Rural Education Society of the Chitrapur Saraswats who founded the A. H.