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Harshal Pradhan is a prominent journalist and political analyst and public relations professional. Presently he is working as Public Relations Executive for Shiv Sena Chief Mr. Uddhav Thakerey. He had worked with many influencial political leaders like Pramod Mahajan, Gopinath Munde, Nitin Gadkari before he joined Uddhav Thakerey.

Life Harshal comes from a middleclass Maharashtrian family. His father worked as a mill worker in Mumbai.

Career In the year 1995 he started his own company providing feature services known as 'Advait Projects'. Through his network which was wide spread throughout Maharashtra he made bollywood news and stories accessible to the rural population of the state. He served as the editor of the Cinema supplement of Daily named Lokmat. Simultaneously he also wrote for Loksatta through his firm 'Advait Project'. He made remarkable contribution in making Navakal a leading newspaper in Maharashtra. From 2000 to 2004 he worked for 'Door Darshan' and 'Aaakashwani'. He also served as an editor for a Marathi magazine named Samarthan. In 2004 he starred working with Pramod Mahajan for BJP during the 2004 Loksabha Elections. In November 2014 he started working for Nitin Gadkari, contemporary opposition leader. He continued to be his Public Relations officer till 2010. In 2011 Mr. Uddhav Thakerey Asked him to join him as his Public relations Officer and Harshal from then is working with Shiv Sena monitoring Party chief's Public Relations. Education Harshal completed his graduation in Arts taking Hindi as major from Somaiiya college in Mumbai.