Sri Mohan Bhagwat hails from Chandrapur in Vidarbha, Maharashtra.
Born on 11 September 1950 Sri Bhagwat obtained his graduation in
Veterenary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (BVSc) from Punjabrao Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra. Hailing from a family that had strong
RSS roots (his father was the Prant Pracharak of Gujarat for some time)
Sri Bhagwat left his Masters course in Veterinary Sciences towards the
fag end to plunge into the Sangh work as a Pracharak. He became a
Pracharak towards the end of 1975 at the time of the infamous Emergency.

After working underground during Emergency he became the Pracharak
of Akola in 1977 and subsequently rose to become Pracharak of Nagpur
and Vidarbha region. He was elevated to Akhil Bharatiya Saha Shareerik
Pramukh in 1987 and subsequently became Akhil Bharatiya Shareerik
Pramukh in 1991, the post he held till 1999. In 1999 he was made the
Akhil Bharatiya Pracharak Pramukh for one year.

In 2000, when Prof. Rajendra Singhji and Sri H.V. Seshadriji decided
to step down as Sarsanghachalak and Sarkaryavah respectively due to
health reasons Sri K.S. Sudarshanji was nominated as the new
Sarsanghachalak and Sri Mohan Bhagwat got elected to the post of
Sarkaryavah for three years. He got re-elected to the office of
Sarkaryavah on the next two successive occasions in 2003 and 2006.

During his long career of 28 years as Pracharak he travelled
extensively in and outside Bharat and guided countless activities and
activists.

He was nominated by Sri K.S. Sudarshanji to succeed as the
Sarsanghachalak during the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha which held
its meeting on 20-22 March 2009 at Nagpur. Sri Mohan Bhagwat became the
6th Sarsanghachalak of the RSS.