Vikhe patil

Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation's

COLLEGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

Affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Approved by Govt. of Maharashtra

Recognized by Maharashtra State O.T.P.T. Council, Mumbai

and Indian Association of Physiotherapists,

Accredited with NAAC Grade "A" (CGPA 3.02) & Recognized by UGC 2 (F)

Viladghat, Ahmednagar (MS) India - 414 111.

Founder

Late. Hon. Dr. Eknathrao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

Padmabhusan Awardee

{ 10 April 1932 - 30 December 2016 }

Worthy son of Late Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, a leader of reckoning in Maharashtra State, Member of Parliament for over two decades took upon himself the arduous task of translating the dreams of his father into concrete realities by meticulous, punctilious planning and by offering dynamic and pragmatic leadership to the Society.

Social Transformation Through Education : With this realisation, he adopted a strategy to raise awareness amongst the small peasants and the rural Poor, through spread of technical and non-technical education

SERVICES TO THE SOCIETY ON DIFFERENT POSITION AS
  1. Member of LokSabha (From 1971 to 1991) From Kopargaon Parliamentary Constituency.
  2. Minister of Industry (Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises) Govt. of India, New Delhi from Ist July 2002 to 24th May 2003
  3. Member of LokSabha (From. 1998 to 1999) From Ahmednagar Parliamentary Constituency
  4. Member of LokSabha (From Sept. 1999 to Feb.2004). From Kopargaon Parliamentary Constituency
  5. Minister of State For Finance (Expenditure. Banking & Insurance) Govt of India. New Delhi. From 13.10.1999 to 17.2002
  6. Member of 14th LokSabha (From May 2004) From Kopargaon Parliamentary Constituency
President
  1. Maharashtra Rajya SahakariKar khana Sangh Ltd. Bombay From 1981 to 1984
  2. Founder Executive President of Maharashtra PaniParishad, Loni, Dist Ahmednagar (MS) from 1995
  3. Maharashtra State Distilleries Association 1977 to 1982
  4. Maharashtra Madhyamik Granthpal Sangh Since 1982 to 2001
  5. Friends of Soviet Union (Maharashtra State) Since 1980
  6. Appointed as a President of the Loksabha Election Campaign Committee in Maharashtra by AICC.
  7. Shri Sant Tukaram Maharaj 4th Chatu-Shatabdi (4th Century Program) MahaSamitee 2008
  8. Maharashtra Samajawadi Congress Oct1977 to 1979
  9. India Water Partnership, New Delhi from 29th November 2003
Vice Presidents
  1. Friends of Soviet Union (Maharashtra) 1975 to 1980

  2. Maharastra Pradesh Congress Committee 1980 to 1984

     

  3. Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad from 1962 to 1971

     

  4. Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sangh Ltd. Bombay 1980 to 1981

Chairman
  1. Committee on Petitions LokSabha (1987 to 1989)

     

  2. State Level Accounts Committee, Maharashtra State

     

  3. Vigilance and monitoring committee for the district of Ahmednagar from Dec. 2004 (DRDA)

     

  4. Panchayat Samitee, Shrigonda, 1964 to 1966

     

  5. Study team appointed by Govt. of Maharashtra to study sugarcane yield and Recovery in Maharashtra State

     

  6. Group of Ministers on co-operative restructuring (September 2001)

     

  7. State Level committee appointed by the Government of Maharashtra to suggest Minimum wages for Agricultural labors from 1987 to 1988.

     

  8. Agriculture Committee and Public Works Committee, Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad 1967 to1971

     

  9. Committee on Agriculture LokSabha 1989 & 1991

     

  10. Standing Committee on Defence from 5 Aug 2004

     

  11. Education and Public Works Committee Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad 1962 to 1967.

     

  12. Pravara Rural Education Society, Since 1981

     

  13. Pravara Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. Pravara Nagar From 1966 to 1977, 1978 to 1981 & 1982 to 1987.

     

  14. Committee for implementation of effective electricity in the district.

     

  15. The committee appointed by the State Government to suggest a chapter for the Co-op. Societies Act on Co-operative sugar factories

Treasurer
  1. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (1) 1985 to 1989

SECRETARY
  1. Ahmednagar Dist. Congress Committee 1968 to 1971

Founder
  1. Parner co-operative Sugar Factory, Parner, Dist. Ahmednagar.

     

  2. Jagdamba Co-operative Sugar factory, Karjt, Dist Ahmednagar.

     

  3. Vridineshwar Co-operative Sugar Factory.

     

  4. Pathardi PravaraSahakari Bank Ltd. Loni

Chancellor
  1. Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University) Loni, Dist. Ahmednagar (MS.) since 2004

Director
  1. Maharashtra State farming corporation Ltd. 1964 to 1977

     

  2. Indian sugar exports Corporation 1979 to 1988.

     

  3. Dr Vitthairao Vikhe Patil Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. Pravaranagar from 1966 to 1997

     

  4. National Federation of co-op. Sugar Factories Ltd., New Delhi from 1976 to 1990 & Member of Executive Committee from 1982 to 1986

     

  5. Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sakhar Karknana Sangh Ltd.. Bombay 1966 to 1988

     

  6. PravaraSahakari Bank Ltd., Loni 1975 to 1996.

     

  7. Associates a large number of Trusts rendering services to community in Different areas

     

Member
  1. Governing Council and Executive Committee Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi

     

  2. State Irrigation Committee

     

  3. State Sugar Wage Board, 1966 to 1971

     

  4. All India Peace Solidarity Organization Maharashtra State Council

     

  5. Maharashtra Economic Development Council

     

  6. Maharashtra State Employment and self-employment, High-level Committee 1996 to 1997

     

  7. Members of the General Purpose Committee of LokSabha from 2Ist Sept. 2004.

     

  8. Member-Governing Body of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR ] New Delhi

     

  9. National Council of Rural Development. Hyderabad from 303.1987 for three years & again from 26.10.1990 for another three years

     

  10. Deccan Sugar Technologists Association, Pune since 1976 to till date

     

  11. State Agri Price Committee in 1975

     

  12. Committee on Sub Ordinate Legislation, LokSabha 1980/82

     

  13. Committee to suggest the guidelines/criteria for selection of “Progressive Farmers’ at Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, New

     

  14. Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce from October 2003 to 6th Feb. 04

     

  15. Governing Council and Executive Committee. Deccan Sugar Institute, Pune from 1975 to 1985

     

  16. Committee on Estimates LokSabha (1980 to 1982)

     

  17. State Government Committee on Labour in 1966

     

  18. Advisory Committee on Power and Irrigation from 1975 to 1978

     

  19. Pravara Study Circle, Loni since 1994.

     

  20. Standing Committee on Communication, LokSabha, New Delhi in 1998.

     

  21. Member- Delimitation Commission of India for the state of Maharashtra 2007.

     

  22. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi (ICAR) 2-4-1985 to 1-4-1988

     

  23. Consultative Committee of Ministry of Agri, Industry Irrigation, Civil Supplies, and co-operation, LokSabha. New Delhi

     

  24. Managing Committee. All India Distilleries Association, New Delhi, from 1978 to 1989

     

  25. Advisory Committee of Post and Telegraphs

     

  26. Technical Education Committee. appointed by the Government of Maharashtra – from 1982 to 1990.

     

  27. Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development. LokSabha. New Delhi in 1998 and from 5th Oct2004

     

  28. Informal Consultative Committee for the Central Railway & South Central Railway Zone, LokSabha, New Delhi

Senate Member
  1. Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 1966 to 1972 and 1974 to 1979.

     

  2. University of Poona, Pune 1975 to 1976 & 1985 to 1986

     

  3. Yeshvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik since 1997

Managing trustee
  1. Pravara Medical Trust Loni, Medical & Dental College

  2. Shirdi Sai Rural Institute, Pravara nagar. Since 1997

Awards
  1. Awarded by V.G. alias Annasaheb Chirmule award in 2001

     

  2. Felicitated by Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri On 249.2006

     

  3. Awarded by Dr. Manibhai Desai Pratisthan, Uralikanchan by Manibhai Desai Rashtrseva Purskar on 27 April. 2006

     

  4. Life Time Achievement Award by University of Pune on 10th February 2007

     

  5. Awarded by “Sahakar Maharshi Ganpatrao Sathe Purskar” from Late Ganpatrao Sathe Pratisthan, Madha, Dist Solapur on 11 March 2006

     

  6. Awarded by “SarswatiPurskar’ from Kailash Math, Nashik on Feb.2006

     

  7. Vikas Bhusahan Award by Kakasaheb Mhaske Pratishtan, Ahmednagar on 5th May 2007

     

  8. Awarded by “Rashtriya Bandhuta Purskar” from Rashtriya Bandhuta Pratisthan, Pune on 22nd Feb.2004 at Nashik

     

  9. Awarded as “PADMA BHUSHAN by the Government of India on 26th January 2010.

     

  10. Awarded as “Doctor Of Science” by Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, November 29, 2015.

parRTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
  1. International Sugar Technologists conference held in Brazil in 1977, Cuba in 1982 and Havana in 1985

     

  2. International Farmers Conference held in Paris in 1984

     

  3. Asian Conference on Rural health, held at Beijing, China, 1988

     

  4. I was along with the delegation laid by Govt. of India attend the 6lst Session of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly from 2nd Oct to 13 Oct 2006 at New York (USA)

     

  5. VI Asian congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health on “Innovative Approaches to Rural Health” held on 22-24 Jan.1993

     

  6. National Seminar on “Problems & Prospects of Rural Development’ held in 1997 at Pravaranagar

     

  7. World conference on Science, Hungary 1999

     

  8. Visit to various Universities of Israel, Egypt. UK. USA in 1997.

     

  9. I was along with the delegation laid by Hon’ble Speaker LokSabha to Moscow and St Petersburg. There after i visited Sweden and United States of America & Russia between 15th Sept 2003 to Ist Oct 2003

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
  1. Participated in important decisions for the progress of the nation in different fields

     

  2. Active participation in various LokSabha debates. Left on the imprint of his work on LokSabha innumerable suggestions to the House which initiated a process of thinking for the betterment of a lot of farmers and workers in unorganized sectors

Special Interest
  1. Taken keen interest in organizing farming community on the Principle of self-help and mutual help for their up-liftment

     

  2. Development an ideal Pravara Complex of Rural Development by relentlessly working for the last 40 Years. in HRD and Industrial Development.

     

  3. Parliamentary work on unorganized labour security

     

  4. Always worked for social security

     

  5. Utilization of appropriate technology for the use of available water in vast Rural Areas and Farmers Security.

     

  6. To solve the water crises, the River Linkage project in Maharashtra has been prepared and submitted to the Govtof Maharashtra in 2002

     

  7. Agriculture and Water Management Establishment and Development of various industries based on allied products of Sugar industry like distilleries, paper & Chemicals, etc Agro and food processing industry and Dairy in Rural areas on co-operative basis

Publications / Articles
  1. Report of the study group for studying sugarcane yield in recovery in Maharashtra State

     

  2. Published articles and interviews in Magazines & well-known newspapers n agricultural development. co-operative movement Sugar by-products, problems of Rural Industry, Rural Education, Rural Health and Rural Development. Rural Economy etc.

     

  3. The Symbol of co-operative Progress

Marathi

  1. Education and Rural Employment – Loksatta dates 30/07/95 & 06/08/95

     

  2. Political interference in the Irrigation water management

     

  3. Manifestos & Political parties (Sakal 04/08/96)

     

  4. Maratha Community -Needs to modify as per the demand of time (Loksatta 17/05/98).

     

  5. Industrial Policy & its limitation. w. r. to Co-operative sector (Loksatta 10/12/95)

     

  6. The rural economy is distorted. (Loksatta 04/08/96)

     

  7. Organization in the Co-operative Sector

     

  8. Agriculture Employment-Pillar of Rural Development (Samna special issue – 01/05/98)

A note on “Water resources & its justified use For Maharashtra State” submitted to the Water and Irrigation Commission appointed by Govt. of Maharashtra in Nov. 1995.

Books written in Marathi

  1. “Kuthe Rahila Gaon”(published)
  2. “Aarth-Anaarth’ (under publication)

English

  1. Appraisal of Integrated Rural Development Programmes (IRDP)

     

  2. Late Shri Vaikunthabhai Mehata and Pravara Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd

     

  3. Co-operative Vs. Corporate and Individual farming system co-operative study (Papers submitted in the “National Seminar on Problems and Prospects on Rural Development held in Nov.1997 at Pravaranagar

     

  4. Role of Agriculture Credit in Rural Development.

     

  5. Effective implementation of IRDP some suggestions (Yojana, May. 1991)

     

  6. From mixed economy to mixed liberalization (Lokmat-Times-3/4/1994)

     

  7. The policy recommendations for fertilizer prices subsidies (A note submitted to Hon’ble Chairman, Tne Committee on Fertilizer Prices and Subsidies. Govt of India, New Delhi.)

Travelled Aboard
  1. Brazil. Cuba, USA, UK. France, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany. Netherlands, Italy, China, USSR. Mexico, Israel, Egypt,  Hungary

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