Shri Ramakant Maharaj (8th July 1941 to 31st August 2018) was a direct disciple of Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj (17th April 1897 to 8th September 1981) and spent nearly 20 years with him. He was an Indian spiritual teacher of Advaita, Nonduality, and a Guru, belonging to the Inchegiri branch of the Navnath Sampradaya. He offered Initiation to this Sampradaya.

Ramakant Sawant was brought up in rural Phondaghat, Gadgesakhal Wadi. In 1965, he attended the prestigious establishment of Elphinstone College, Bombay, at the behest of Nisargadatta Maharaj. Following this, he graduated from Bombay University in 1972, (M.A in History and Politics). In 1976, he obtained his LLB qualification from Siddhartha Law College, Bombay. He worked in banking, in the Legal Department, from 1970 until his retirement as Manager in 2000.

He was married to Anvita Sawant, also a long-standing disciple of Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj. They had two sons.

In 1962, Ramakant Maharaj was introduced by relatives to his future Guru, Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj. After spending a few months with the Master, he took the Naam Mantra, the Guru Mantra, on 2nd October 1962. From then on he attended faithfully and listened to Nisargadatta Maharaj's discourses regularly. He was present at his Master's Mahasamadhi on 8th September 1981.

For over a decade, at the Ashram in Nashik Road, (Nashik, Maharashtra), Shri Ramakant Maharaj introduced students, disciples and devotees from around the world to these teachings and, on occasion, initiated many of them into the Inchegiri Navnath Sampradaya Lineage. About his life, Maharaj used to say, “I know my past and where I have come from. I am a miracle. All thanks to my Master, Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj”.
 

Shri Ramakant Maharaj attained Mahasamadhi on 31st August 2018.