| Vandana Hemant Chavan | |
| Birth Date: | 6 July 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Residence: | City - Pune, State - Maharashtra, Country - India |
| Constituency: | Maharashtra |
| President: | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 1Blankname: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata: | Venkaiah Naidu |
| Term Start: | 3 April 2012 |
| Term End: | 2 April 2024 |
| Term Start1: | 18 September 2020 |
| Term End1: | 2 April 2024 |
| President1: | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Primeminister1: | Narendra Modi |
| 1Blankname1: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata1: | Venkaiah Naidu |
| 1Blankname2: | Deputy Chairman |
| 1Namedata2: | Harivansh Narayan Singh |
| Party: | Nationalist Congress Party |
| Website: | Official website |
| Spouse: | Hemant Chavan |
| Children: | Two daughters - Divya and Priyanka. |
Vandana Hemant Chavan (born 6 July 1961), is an Indian politician and advocate. She is a member of the Parliament of India, representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament). She is from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and has been a member of Parliament since 2012.[1]
Vandana Chavan was born in Pune, where she spent her early childhood. Her father, the late Vijayarao Mohite was a veteran lawyer and her mother Jayashree Mohite retired as a part-time lecturer in law. She is married to Hemant Chavan, a prominent lawyer. Her sister Vinita Kamte was married to the late Ashok Kamte, a martyr in the 26/11 Mumbai attack. Her other sister, Justice Revati Mohite-Dere is a distinguished lawyer who was subsequently elevated as a judge of the Hon'ble Bombay High Court.
She was elected mayor of Pune for the period of March 1997 – 1998. In that period she was Vice-Chairperson of All India Council of Mayors and also she was Chairperson of Maharashtra State Mayor, President and Councillors Organisation.[2] As mayor, she incorporated the concept of the Bio Diversity Park (BDP) into the development plan of the fringe villages, amid resistance from within and outside her party. Suresh Kalmadi who initially mentored her and gave her a break in politics, Chavan preferred to shift to the NCP.