Madhavi Sardesai (7 July 1962 – 22 December 2014) was an Indian academic and the editor of the Konkani literary journal Jaag.

[2] Sardesai undeetook her primary education through the Konkani medium, and graduated from Chowgule College, Margao in English and Philosophy.

Her PhD was from Goa University's Department of English for her thesis on 'A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani'.

[3][4] Sardesai has worked on the topic of the Portuguese influence on Konkani language[5] and the "linguistic genius" of Shenoi Goembab.

[7] Sardesai won the award of Sahitya Akademi, Delhi for creative writing in Konkani (2014) for her book, Manthan.