Vasant Sarwate (3 February 1927 – 24 December 2016) was an Indian cartoonist and writer who was published primarily in Marathi publications during his lifetime.

Sarwate's art was partly inspired by the cartoons in The New Yorker, particularly those of Saul Steinberg.

Apart from cartoons, Sarwate illustrated books of many notable Marathi writers like P L Deshpande, Vijay Tendulkar and Vinda Karandikar.

He also illustrated satirist Jaywant Dalvi's monthly columns Thanthanpal for Marathi magazine Lalit.

He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Institute of Cartoonists in May 2009.