Vinay Dinu Tendulkar (born 25 September 1961) is an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Goa from 2017 to 2023.

[1] He is a member of the Transport, Tourism and Culture committee, prior to which he made substantial contribution towards forest development and protection in 2002 when he was the Forest Minister of Goa, as a part of Manohar Parrikar's Cabinet, the then Chief Minister of Goa.

He was constantly involved in serving the weaker section of society to improve the quality of their life.

[2] He quit his job in a mining company in 1994 to pursue politics full-time and was the president of Goa Youth BJP from 1994 to 1999.

He also gave his one month's salary to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund - Goa to support the state in the health emergency caused by COVID-19.

Tendulkar also administered assistance to four rural hospitals in Goa and provided medical oxygen free of cost to patients in need.

Member of Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Member of Rubber board[1][2] Tendulkar has been associated with movements related to mining from the very beginning of his political career and has efficiently managed to highlight their issues at various platforms.

[1] In 2018, Sanjeev Verekar wrote a remarkable book Dabhal to Dili, on Tendulkar's life.