Rohit Rajendra Pawar is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency in Maharashtra, India. He belongs to the politically influential Pawar family.

Early life and family

Rohit Pawar was born to Rajendra Pawar and Sunanda Pawar in Baramati, Maharashtra on 29 September 1985. He is the grandson of Appasaheb Pawar and also the grandnephew of prominent Indian political leader and former union agriculture minister of India- Sharad Pawar. He completed his schooling from Vidya Prathisthan, Baramati. He graduated in "Bachelor of Management" studies from University of Mumbai in the year 2007. Rohit Pawar is married to Kunti Pawar (née Magar).The couple has two children.

Business career

He is the CEO of Baramati Agro Ltd. He served as the President of the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) from September 2018 to 2019.

Political career

Pawar contested and won the Zilla Parishad elections from Shirsuphal - Gunawadi constituency in Baramati taluka, Pune in 2017. During the 2019 Indian General Elections, he campaigned for the Nationalist Congress Party.

In October 2019 he was elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency with 135824 votes. He is from the forth generation of the Pawar family to hold public office.

Maharashtra Cricket Association

Pawar was elected unopposed as the president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA).