Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat (Marathi: भालचंद़ पंढरीनाथ बहिरट, 5 September 1904 – 14 October 1998) was a philosopher and educationist who studied the Marathi literature of Jñāneśvar and other sants of Maharashtra. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from Pune University in 1991.