Hemant

Hemant, (Sanskrit: हेमन्त, romanized: Hemanta) is an Indian male given name. It is the namesake of Hemanta or Hemant, one of six Indian ecological seasons—Ritu—in north and west India and Nepal, which runs in early winter approximately from November to December. Those named Hemant include:

• Hemant Birje (born 1965), Indian actor
• Hemant Brijwasi (born 1998), Indian singer
• Hemant Chaturvedi, Indian cinematographer
• Hemant Chauhan, Gujarati writer and singer specializing in religious and folk songs
• Hemant Batra (born 1967), Secretary General of regional legal association SAARCLAW
• Hemant Divate, Marathi poet, translator and publisher
• Hemant Goswami (born 1971), Indian social activist
• Hemant Joshi, Indian professor of Mass Communication and Journalism
• Hemant Kanitkar (born 1942), Indian former cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1974
• Hemant Karkare (1954–2008), former chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad
• Hemant Lakhani (born 1935), British Indian convicted for an illegal arms deal
• Hemant Lamba, Indian social activist and environmentalist
• Hemant Lochav (born 1998), Indian Entrepreneur And Business Magnate
• Hemant Madhukar, Indian film director and producer
• Hemant Mehta, Indian-American blogger and author
• Hemant Mohapatra, Indian poet writing in English
• Hemant Pandey, Indian actor and comedian
• Hemant Shesh (born 1952), Hindi writer, poet and former Indian civil servant
• Rana Hemant Singh (born 1951), the present titular Maharaja Rana of Dholpur
• Hemant Soren, former Chief Minister of Indian state Jharkhand