Rajaram Amrut Bhalerao

Rajaram Amrut Bhalerao (Marathi: डॉ. राजाराम बाळ भालेराव; 1933 – 21 February 2020), also known as Bal Bhalerao, was a doctor, professor, and patron of Marathi language theatre and Marathi literature in India. He sat on several literature and theatre committees appointed by the government of Maharashtra. Years later, he took over as the Chief Secretary of the organisation his father founded and lead it for over half a century. The Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh was one of the founding members of the All India Marathi Association, responsible for taking Marathi literature and drama to audiences in America, Dubai and Singapore.

Stage adaptation of P L Deshpande's 1952 film Ammaldar (अंमलदार) – based on Nikolai Gogol's Inspector General Staging the works of Honaji Bala Staging Kusumagraj's Marathi adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth as Rajmukut (राजमुकुट; transl: 'The Royal Crown') Stage adaptation of the 1967 Marathi film Sant Gora Kumbhar about the eponymous saint

In 1964, the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh built a new auditorium modeled after London's The Old Vic in Kelewadi, Girgaon.

He sat on several literature and theatre committees appointed by the government of Maharashtra.

Medical career Bhalerao completed his MBBS training in India and then completed his Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) in London. In 1965, he began practising surgery at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. He remained there till 1985, serving as Professor and Head of Department of Surgery. He was later Head of Department of Surgery and Director – Strategy & Medical Planning at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. A specialist in gastroenterology and liver disease, he was a recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award.