Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi (1833-1896) was an Indian social reformer and one of the founders of Fergusson College in Pune.
In order to reawaken the conscience and arouse the intellect of the student community,[2] he started new periodicals like Kiran, Deccan Star, Shilpa kalavidnyan and the Industrial review.
As an active fund-raiser he persuaded southern Maratha country to contribute towards the establishment of Ferguson college.
He spoke about the brass metal industry especially about he ignorance and lack of usage of labour saving devices like lathers, hammers, cutters, planing and milling machines.
Allan Hume, the founder of the Congress choose not to give it serious attention, instead treated him with ill concealed contempt.