Sadanand Varde (6 November 1925 – 29 January 2007) was an Indian socialist leader, politician, and freedom fighter from Maharashtra.
He served as the Education Minister of Maharashtra State in the government led by Sharad Pawar's Progressive Democratic Front in 1978.
[1][2] Varde started his career as a professor of economics at R. D. National College in Bandra.
Varde assumed the role of the Education Minister of Maharashtra in the Sharad Pawar-led Progressive Democratic Front government in 1978.
The couple had a son named Abhijit and a daughter, Jhelum Paranjape, an Odissi dance exponent.