Raghunath Anant Mashelkar- also known as Ramesh Mashelkar, (born 1 January 1943) is an Indian Chemical Engineer, born in a village Mashel in Goa and brought up in Maharashtra. He is a former Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).He was also the President of Indian National Science Academy (2004-2006), President of Institution of Chemical Engineers (2007) as also the President of Global Research Alliance (2007-2018). He was also first Chairperson of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
Gangadhar Devrao Khanolkar - Gangaram Devdhar Khanolkar, who was famous as a painter and lexicographer, commemorates today. While studying in Topiwala High School, Malvan, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra, his s. why Met Patil and joined Gandhiji's non-cooperation movement. He spent two years from 1921 to 1923 at Rabindranath's Shantiniketan. After returning from there, he worked as a teacher at Samarth Vidyalaya, Telgaon.