| Vasant Sarwate | |
| Birth Date: | 1927 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India |
| Death Place: | Mumbai, India |
| Occupation: | Cartoonist, Essayist, Civil Engineering |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Notableworks: | Vyangkala-Chitrakala, 2005 (in Marathi) |
| Spouse: | Sanjivanee |
| Children: | Anju, Manju, Satyajit |
Vasant Sarwate (Devanagari: वसंत सरवटे 3 February 1927 – 24 December 2016) was an Indian cartoonist and writer who was published primarily in Marathi publications during his lifetime.
He was born in Kolhapur on 3 February 1927. He was a professional civil engineer, and worked at Associated Cement Companies for most of his working life. He died in Mumbai on 24 December 2016.[1]
Sarwate started drawing cartoons from the age of seventeen. He wrote a number of books on his art, and collections of his work. (See Authorship.)
Sarwate's art was partly inspired by the cartoons in The New Yorker, particularly those of Saul Steinberg.
Apart from cartoons, Sarwate illustrated books of many notable Marathi writers like P L Deshpande, Vijay Tendulkar and Vinda Karandikar.
He also illustrated satirist Jaywant Dalvi's monthly columns Thanthanpal for Marathi magazine Lalit. He created covers of all Diwali issues of Lalit since its inception in 1965 to 2014.
He helped many young artists establish themselves in the world of cartoons.
He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Institute of Cartoonists in May 2009.
Sarwate lived in Vile Parle, Mumbai.