Atmaram Raoji Bhat

Atmaram Raoji Bhat (1905-1983) was an Indian social worker, journalist and writer. He was the founder of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture which was established in 1934 and one of the founders of the Pune Divisional Productivity Council.

Life Born on 12 May 1905 in Ratnagiri in the Indian state of Maharashtra to a middle-class family, Bhat secured a master's degree in Commerce in 1929 and got involved in the freedom struggle, suffering incarceration. He worked for promoting small scale industry sector, founded the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture in 1934 contributed to the establishment of the Bank of Maharashtra. He was the author or editor of several publications and his life and work have been recorded in a biography written by S. J. Joshi under the name, Ātmārāma Rāvajī Bhaṭa : vyaktī āṇi kārya.