Dr. Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar (31 July 1918 – 18 April 2007) was a Sanskrit scholar born in Nagpur, India.His parents were Shrimati Annapurna Warnekar and Sri Bhaskar Rao Warnekar.He mostly wrote many poems in sanskrit.
He wrote many Sanskrit poems and verses, the most famous among them being "ShriShivarajyodayam".
Warnekar won a number of literary awards including Presidents Award, Kalidasa Puraskar, Birla foundation Saraswati Sammana, etc.
and was invited by the State University of New York at New Paltz, USA to address their Sanskrit Seminar.
The title of Prajñā-Bhāratī (प्रज्ञाभारती) was conferred on him by Jagdguru Shri Shankarachrya.