Bhalchanadra Vanaji Nemade was born in the village Sangvi, in the northern part of Maharashtra. After school years he moved to Pune for his graduation at Fergusson College. Later he acquired an MA in Linguistics at the Deccan College, Pune, and an MA in English Literature at the University of Mumbai. Nemade has taught English at various places: the Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Goa University, Panjim, Goa. He was, until his retirement, the Tagore Chair at University of Mumbai. He has also taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, for a year.