2025 – Present
Ajit Shinde
Current National President
Presently leading the national resolution campaign against social inequality (Vishamata Nirmulan Nirdhar Varsha) and convening the National Mahatma Phule Sammelan in Pune.
2022 – 2025
Nitin Vaidya
Social Reformer & Educationist
Led nationwide youth dialogue series, constitutional awareness conventions, and revitalized local branches across 11 states.
2019 – 2022
Dr. Ganesh Devy
Eminent Linguist, Thinker & Author
Celebrated scholar, Padma Shri awardee, and cultural activist who spearheaded the People's Linguistic Survey of India and the 'Dandi March for Constitutional Values'.
2017 – 2019
Suresh Khairnar
Communal Harmony Activist
Toured riot-affected and sensitive areas across India to build peace committees, secular goodwill, and interfaith understanding.
2015 – 2017
George Jacob
Trade Union & Social Leader
Pioneered inter-state coordination between working-class movements and youth study circles.
2011 – 2015
Arvind Kapole
Social Action Organizer
Strengthened volunteer presence in municipal areas and conducted mass environmental awareness rallies.
2007 – 2011
Bharat Latkar
Grassroots Cadre Leader
Built sustained cadre training programs in rural Vidarbha and Khandesh, organizing farmers against agrarian distress.
2003 – 2007
Subhash Ware
Youth & Democratic Reformer
Modernized youth communication, organized college dialogue forums, and mobilized volunteers for water conservation in Marathwada.
2001 – 2003
Bhai Vaidya
Former Minister • Veteran Socialist Leader
Renowned socialist leader and former Home Minister of Maharashtra who championed universal free public education and defended the secular fabric of India.
1997 – 2001
Prakash Kamble
Youth Movement Organizer
Strengthened Dalit rights awareness, student hostels, and organized statewide anti-superstition campaigns.
1995 – 1997
Sudhatai Varde
Samata Movement Leader
Deepened the Samata Morcha campaigns and expanded legal aid awareness camps for underprivileged women.
1985 – 1995
Pannalal Surana
Eminent Socialist Thinker & Author
Decade-long visionary president who led historic disaster relief during the 1993 Killari earthquake and founded multiple rural schools and study circles.
1982 – 1985
Shyamrao Patwardhan
Social Reformer
Strengthened rural branches and facilitated inter-state youth exchange programs for national integration.
1979 – 1982
Sudhatai Varde
First Woman President • Samajwadi Mahila Sabha
Historic leader who institutionalized women's equal leadership in Rashtra Seva Dal and led mass agitations for anti-dowry and consumer justice.
1976 – 1979
Liladhar Hegde
Kala Pathak Pioneer & Activist
Revolutionized cultural street plays and resistance during the Emergency, defending civil liberties through folk music and theatre.
1973 – 1976
Bapusaheb Kaldate
Socialist Leader & Parliamentarian
Guided youth mobilization through Marathwada and championed peasant and student democratic rights.
1970 – 1973
Yadunath Thatte
Editor of Sadhana • Author
Prolific author, editor of socialist weekly Sadhana, and inspiring mentor who inculcated scientific temper and literature in thousands of youth.
1965 – 1969
Shyamrao Patwardhan
Socialist Reformer
Championed anti-caste solidarity, rational education, and agricultural worker rights across western Maharashtra.
1964 – 1965
Dr. R. N. Ambike
Civic Educator & Thinker
Focused on civic ethics, student ideological orientation, and strengthening study circles (Prabodhan) in universities.
1962 – 1964
Nana Dengale
Youth Cadre Organizer
Expanded youth training modules, inter-district shibirs, and deepened volunteer engagement in drought-affected rural belts.
1955 – 1961
Bhausaheb Ranade
Sarvodaya & Shramdan Pioneer
Pioneered voluntary manual labor (Shramdan) camps and rural development squads, mobilizing tens of thousands of youth for village construction.
1947 – 1954
S. M. Joshi
Dal Pramukh • Samyukta Maharashtra Leader
Steered the organization into autonomous constructive social work in post-independence India and defended secularism during communal riots.
1945 – 1947
Dr. V. M. Hardikar
Co-Founder & Socialist Leader
Eminent organizer who built volunteer discipline and civic training across Maharashtra and Karnataka during the final phase of the freedom struggle.
1941 – 1945
S. M. Joshi
First Dal Pramukh • Freedom Fighter
Legendary socialist stalwart who reorganized Rashtra Seva Dal in 1941, led the 1942 Quit India underground, and later spearheaded the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.
2025 – Present