| Veersen Aanandrao alias Baba Kadam | |
| Birth Date: | 1929 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Novelist, writer |
Veersen Aanandrao alias Baba Kadam was a Marathi novelist famous for his detective novels. During his career his wrote over 50 novels, most notably, Bhalu, Panch, and Najuk Bote.[1]
Born in Kolhapur he did his schooling from Vidyapeeth High School, Kolhapur and after graduation from the Chhatrapati Rajaram College he studied law.
As a law graduate he worked as a police prosecutor. While working as a police prosecutor he experienced number of human incidents related to humorous side, which he penned down his experiences in the court and he became popular as a novelist. His work also gave him a deep knowledge of different police laws such as the IPC and the CrPC.