Keshav is a South Asian male given name which is a modern form of name

Keshava Keshava (, ) is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama, Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck or ill- ...

, one of the many names of Lord

Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

and Lord

Vishnu Vishnu (; , , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism, and the god of preservation ( ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Keshav Kashmiri (1410–1490), Indian philosopher *

Keshav Bansal Keshav Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the director of Intex Technologies, an Indian consumer durables, which is India's second-largest selling mobile phone and IT accessories manufacturer company. He was the owner of the dissolved Rajk ...

(born 1991), Indian entrepreneur * Keshav Vaman Bhole (1896–1967), Indian musical composer *

Keshav Kumar Budhathoki Keshav Kumar Budhathoki (; 1943/1944 – 5 February 2024) was a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He was the Jhapa District President of Nepali Congress (Democratic). In April 2008, he won the Jhapa Jhapa District (; ) i ...

, Nepalese politician *

Keshav Dutt Keshav Chandra Dutt, also spelt as Keshav Datt (29 December 1925 – 7 July 2021), was an Indian field hockey player and played as a halfback. He was a part of the team that won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. He made 22 internationa ...

(1925–2021), Indian field hockey player *

Keshav Ginde Keshav Ginde (born 5 September 1942) is an Indian classical flutist. Qualifications # B.E. (Mech), A.M.I.I.E (Ind. Eng) # Senior Fellowship - Conferred by Cultural Ministry (Govt. of India) # Doctorate in Music - From S.F. Pune University, ...

(born 1942), Indian flautist *

Keshav Prasad Goenka Keshav Prasad Goenka (1912–1983) was an Indian businessman, industrialist, and one of the leaders among the earlier generations of the Goenka business family. His father, Badridas Goenka, was the nephew of Ramdutt Goenka, the founder of the Gro ...

(1912–1983), Indian businessman * Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940), Indian chief *

Keshav Rao Jadhav Keshav Rao Jadhav (27 January 1933 – 16 June 2018) was an Indian activist for the separate state of Telangana. He served as the convener within the Telangana Jana Parishad, an organization advocating for the statehood of Telangana. Rao Jadhav ...

(1933–2018), Indian activist * Keshav Rao Koratkar (1867–1932), Indian pioneer *

Keshav Kumar Keshava (born 13 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Jharkhand against Himachal Pradesh in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy on 29 November 2008. Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he transferred from Jharkhand ...

(born 1988), Indian cricketer *

Keshav Maharaj Keshav Athmanand Maharaj (born 7 February 1990) is a South African professional cricketer. Maharaj represents the South Africa national team in Tests, ODI and T20I cricket. He is currently the vice-captain of the side in limited overs cricket. ...

(1990), South African cricketer *

Keshav Prasad Mainali Keshav Prasad Mainali () is a Nepalese politician. He currently belongs to Nepali Congress. He was the chairman of the Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal. He joined the Nepal Student Union in the late 1960s. He later became the president of ...

, Nepalese politician *

Keshav Malik Keshav Malik (5 November 1924 – 11 June 2014) was an Indian poet, art and literary critic, arts scholar, and curator. He remained art critic for the ''Hindustan Times'' (1960–1972) and ''The Times of India'' (1975–2000). He published eig ...

(1924–2014), Indian poet *

Keshav Dev Malviya Keshav Dev Malaviya (11 August 1904 – 27 May 1981) was a leader of Indian National Congress and a union minister of India. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj, Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union terri ...

(1904–1981), Indian political leader *

Keshav Mangave Keshav Mangave (10 June 1926 – 11 July 1997) was an Indian wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle featherweight at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) an ...

(1926–1997), Indian wrestler *

Keshav Prasad Maurya Keshav Prasad Maurya (born 7 May 1969) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Maurya was associated with a right-wing Hindu organization Rashtriy ...

(born 1969), Indian politician * Keshav Meshram (1937–2007), Marathi poet *

Keshav R. Murugesh Keshav R. Murugesh is an Indian businessman who is the Group CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of WNS Holdings, a multinational business process management (BPM) company. Murugesh is the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry ...

(born 1963), Indian executive officer *

Keshav Dattatreya Nayak Keshav Dattatreya Nayak is a distinguished DRDO scientist and served as Director General for MED (Microelectronics Devices), CS (Computational Systems) and CS (Cyber-Security). He was superannuated Director-General of DRDO. Awards Nayak has bee ...

, Indian scientist *

Keshav Pandit Keshav Swami Purohit (died 1690), also known as Keshav Pandit or Keshav Bhat Pandit, was Chhatrapati Shivaji's Rajpurohit (Religious chief) and a Sanskrit scholar and poet of his times. He was also the ‘Rajpurohit’ and ''Danadhyaksha'' of Sambh ...

(died 1690), Sanskrit scholar and poet *

Keshav K Pingali Keshav K Pingali is an American computer scientist, currently the W.A."Tex" Moncrief Chair of Grid and Distributed Computing at the University of Texas at Austin, and also a published author. He previously also held the India Chair of Computer ...

, American computer scientist *

Keshav Jagannath Purohit Keshav Jagannath Purohit (b. 1923– 17 October 2018) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote using the pen name Shantaram. Early life Purohit was born in 1923 in the town of Chamorshi, which used to be in Chandrapur District ...

(1923–2018), Marathi writer *

Keshav Roy Keshav Roy (born 1926) was an Indian wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle middleweight at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an i ...

(born 1926), Indian wrestler *

Keshav Samant Keshav Samant popularly known as Anand Samant is one of India's most successful contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is playe ...

, Indian bridge player *

Keshav Sathe Keshav Sathe (31 January 1928 – 18 January 2012) was an Indian tabla player, best known for his contributions to the Indo-jazz fusion genre. Among his significant collaborations are the ones with Joe Harriott and John Mayer in 1965–70; Ire ...

(1928–2012), Indian tabla player *

Keshav K. Singh Keshav K. Singh is one of the global leaders in the field of mitochondria research and medicine. He is the Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair, Professor of Genetics, Pathology and Environmental Health and the Director of the Cancer Genetics Program ...

, American cellular biologist *

Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya was a Nepalese judge who served as 13th Chief Justice of Nepal, in office from 16 December 1999 to 5 December 2002. He was appointed by the then-king of Nepal, Birendra Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; 29 December 194 ...

(born 1944), Nepalese judge

Surname

Amrit Keshav Nayak Amrit Keshav Nayak (14 April 1877 – 18 July 1907) was a Parsi theatre actor-director, lyricist and Gujarati author. He joined theatre at early age and later directed several plays including adaptations of plays of Shakespeare. He wrote plays ...

(1877– 1907), Actor and director * Umakant Keshav Apte (1903– 1971), First pracharaks * Bal Keshav Thackeray (1926–2012), Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena *

Dhondo Keshav Karve Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962) (), popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. He advocated widow remarriage, and he himself remarried a widow as a widower. Karve ...

(1858–1962), Social reformer in India * Keerthi Keshav Bhat (born 1999), Indian Actress * Krishnaji Keshav Damle (1866–1905), Marathi poet * Mangesh Keshav Padgaoankar (1929– 2015), Marathi poet *

Payyavula Keshav Payyavula Keshav (born 14 May 1965) is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh, Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh representing the Uravakonda (Assembly constituency), Uravakonda constituency of Anantapur, ...

(born 1965), Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian *

Pralhad Keshav Atre Pralhad Keshav Atre () (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of ''Maratha'' (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator. Biog ...

(1898–1969), Marathi writer and poet *

Srinivasan Keshav Srinivasan Keshav is a computer scientist who is currently the Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge. Biography After undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1986, he received ...

(born 1965), American-Canadian Computer Scientist from India. *

Vijay Keshav Gokhale Vijay Keshav Gokhale IFS, (born 24 January 1959), is a retired Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India. Gokhale previously served as the Ambassador of India to China. Personal life and education Gokhale hails from Pune. He di ...

(born 1959), Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India. {{given name Indian masculine given names Masculine given names