Subhash Desai is a leader of Shiv Sena. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council elected from Mumbai. On 5th Dec 2014 Sri Subhash Desai took charge as the Cabnet Minister of Industries after the Shiv Sena B.J.P. allied as the Sena had been out of power for 15 years and allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra and entered the ruling coalition. He is also guardian minister of Mumbai.Earlier, He was minister in Manohar Joshi ministry on 1996. He hails from a Maratha family.