Datta Meghe

Dattatraya Raghobaji Meghe (11 November 1936 – 22 March 2026) was an Indian politician and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and before he was senior Member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected to Lok Sabha as a member of the Congress Party four times in Maharashtra state.

Meghe was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Maharashtra, from April 2002 to 2008.

He was a member of the Legislative Council of Maharashtra from April 1978 to June 1991 three times and also during 2001–April 2002.

The Meghe Group Apart from politics, Meghe was associated with the Meghe Group, which operates educational and healthcare institutions in Maharashtra. The group operates the School of Scholars network of CBSE schools and the Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, as well as medical and engineering colleges, hospitals and other businesses.

He also was the President of Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE), situated in Wanadongri, Hingna SubDivision, Nagpur.