VASANT RAMCHANDRA GAIKWAD HAS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE RURAL LITERATURE MOVEMENT AND AN ABUNDANT RURAL SHORT STORY WRITER. MANY OF HIS RURAL STORIES AND POEMS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN FAMOUS DIWALI ISSUES LIKE SWARAJYA, PUDHARI, TARUN BHARAT, GAVKARI, JWALA. THREE OF HIS EARLIER NOVELS SAHITYA SAMRAT, CHITEWARCHYA KALYA AND SATYAMEV JAYATE HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED. HE HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH SAHITYARATNA AWARD, ANKUR SAHITYA SANGH AWARD, OUTSTANDING LITERARY AWARD ETC.

ग्रामीण साहित्य चळवळीत सक्रिय सहभाग. विपुल ग्रामीण लघुकथा लेखन. स्वराज्य, पुढारी, तरुण भारत, गावकरी, ज्वाला या सुप्रसिद्ध दिवाळी अंकांतून अनेक ग्रामीण कथा, कविता प्रसिद्ध. ‘साहित्यसम्राट’, ‘चितेवरच्या कळ्या,’ ‘सत्यमेव जयते’ या तीन कादंबऱ्या यापूर्वी प्रकाशित.‘चितेवरच्या कळ्या’चे सांगली आकाशवाणीवरून प्रसारण करण्यात आले. साहित्यरत्न पुरस्कार, अंकुर साहित्य संघ पुरस्कार, उत्कृष्ट वाङ्मय पुरस्कार इ. पुरस्कारांनी सन्मानित.