Gurudas Kamat was a former Union Minister and a senior leader of the Congress Party who passed away one year ago on August 22, 2018. He suffered a cardiac arrest and was 63 years old when he died. Kamat was an advocate and he graduated from Poddar College of Commerce and Economics in Matunga.

Gurudas Kamat was a member of Parliament for five terms in the Lok Sabha. He represented the Mumbai northwest Constituency of Maharashtra between 2009-2014. He was also a Member of the Parliament from Mumbai North East constituency in 1984, 1991, 1998 and 2004.