Deshpande

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Deshpande is a common surname in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. The surname indicates the family is of Hindu Brahmin or CKP,(Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu) origin. It derives from the Marathi title dešpande, or ‘district accountant’, formerly a hereditary office, and can be derived from the Sanskrit terms deša ‘country’, ‘district’ and pandita ‘learned man’.

Deshpande can refer to:

• P. L. Deshpande (known as PuLa), a Marathi writer, playwright, actor, and song-writer
• Baji Prabhu Deshpande, a lieutenant of Shivaji
• Vinay Deshpande, a technologist known for his work on Simputer
• Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, a serial entrepreneur and Chairman of Sycamore Networks.

[edit] References

• Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4