Career
Born on 12 May 1905 in Ratnagiri in the Indian state of Maharashtra to a middle-class family, Bhat secured a master"s degree in Commerce in 1929 and got involved in the freedom struggle, suffering incarceration. He worked for promoting small scale industry sector, founded the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture in 1934 and contributed to the establishment of the Bank of Maharashtra. After the Indian independence, he continued his work and was instrumental in the formation of the Pune Divisional Productivity Council in 1959.
His efforts were also reported in the institution of the G. South. Parkhe Industrial Merit Prize, an annual award for the industrialists.
lieutenant was during his tenure, the association brought out the 1299 page All India Directory and Handbook of Small Industries. He was the author or editor of several publications and his life and work have been recorded in a biography written by South. J. Joshi under the name, Ātmārāma Rāvajī Bhaṭa: vyaktī āṇi kārya.
