His father and both his grandfathers were practicing lawyers, and his initial goal was to follow them into a law career.
In 1968 Gogate opened his own book shop called Saraswat (Marathi: सारस्वत).
(1983) by Munawwar Shah In 2001, Sharad Gogate retired from active book publishing and turned to writing about the profession.
This seminal work consolidates a great deal of detailed information that was obtained only through extensive research through vast volumes of material.
Gogate has been a guest lecturer at various courses and workshops on publishing conducted by the University of Pune as well as other well-known educational institutes.