Keshav Ginde (born 5 September 1942 in Belgaum, Karnataka) is an Indian classical flutist.[1] Ginde comes from a musical family and started his musical training at age six. He began playing the bansuri during worship of their family deity, Krishna, and later acquired advanced training under the guidance of Devendra Murdeshwar, disciple and friend of Pannalal Ghosh. He has won awards and performed on All India Radio and Doordarshan for four decades. Ginde is credited with the designing of a new flute, which he named "Keshav Venu", which can produce 3.5 octaves as against the maximum of 2.5 octaves achieved by other flutists. This special flute is 42 inches long and has been kept in the Archives of the Sangeet Natak Akademi in Delhi. The flute has also been recognized by the Limca Book of Records as the only flute that can produce 3.5 octaves.