title: A. H. Salunkhe
text: # A. H. Salunkhe
  
  A. H. Salunkhe is a Marathi author and social activist related to Satya Shodhak Samaj and to the Shivdharma movement.
  
  He was the president of Maharashtra State Cultural Policy, 2010.
  
  Born in a small farmer family at Khadewadi in Sangli district, he completed his graduation from Shivaji Vidyapeeth with a doctorate in Sanskrit. He worked as a Head of Department at a college in Satara. He was art faculty dean at the Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
  
  Salunkhe was awarded the Bhai Madhavrao Bagal award in 2007, instituted by the Madhavraoji Bagal Vidhyapeeth, Kolhapur.
  
  