Founder

  • Dr. DNYANDEO Y. PATIL  
  • Founder
  • Padmashree Dr.  D.  Y. Patil
  • Former Governor of the Indian States of Bihar and Tripura
  • Founder of the D. Y. Patil Group.
  In the realm of education and healthcare in the state of Maharashtra, one name stands out like a shining beacon, that of Dr. D. Y. Patil. His vision, dedication and passion have been indelibly influenced, by his wisdom and generosity and have left several benchmarks, be it in the schools for imparting basic education or institutes for higher learning.

    Dr. D. Y. Patil (Dada) is born in an educated and prosperous farmer family. His father Yashwantrao, was a visionary sage and follower of ‘Warkari Sampraday’ of Maharashtra. Under the guidance of Barrister Khardekar and Principal M. R. Desai he completed his B.A. from Rajaram College, Kolhapur. Standing true to his name ‘Dnyandev’, he become law graduate with first class in Shivaji University. Shri V. T. Patil appointed him Chairman of Mouni Vidyapeeth and there in conjunction with socialist educationist Padma Bhushan J. P. Naik he became a true educator.

    In the state elections of years 1967 and 1978 he became MLA from Panhala-Bawada constituency, but honoring the desire of Shri Mahadba Patil-Dhulgaonkar he turned to education from politics. Dr. D. Y. Patil founded the first engineering college called Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai offering bachelors degree in engineering in the year 1983. There was no turning back from there and today he has founded more than three deemed universities with more than 150 independent state-of-the art medical and engineering institutions in India.

     Dada is greatly influence by Shri Gajanan Maharaj, his philosophy behind his huge philanthropical work is “Who am ? Whatever Almighty has willed to be done through our instrument shall be done.”

     For his pioneering contribution in the field of education, Government of India conferred the prestigious “Padmashree” award in 1991. He was appointed as the Governor of Tripura (2009) and Governor of Bihar (2012). Shivaji University, Kolhapur awarded him honorary doctorate degree (D. Litt.) in 2015.

Humble and unassuming Dr. D. Y. Patil is better known for his work, rather than the awards and recognition he has received over the years.

ACCOLADES

  • – Served as the Hon. Governor of Tripura from 2009-2013
  • – Appointed as Hon. Governor of the State of Bihar in 2013-14, with an additional charge of the state of West Bengal.
  • – Awarded 4th highest civilian award “Padmashree” by His Excellency the President of India for his contribution to the field of Education in 1991.
  • – Honored by “Cultural Doctorate in Philosophy of Education” by the World University Round  Table, Arizona, U.S.A.
  • – Honored by “Doctorate in Business Management” by Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.
  • -Rajiv Gandhi Award on 12th August 2007
  • – Special recognition of Excellence by Rotary International.
  • – The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has named a road near Vidyanagar, Vashi as “Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Path” in his honor.
  • – Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education during 1994-97
  • – Member, Shivaji University Senate
  • – Member, Bombay University Senate
  • – Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1967-68
  • – Founder President of D.Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur
  • -D.Y PatilPratishthan, Kolhapur
  • -RamraoAdik Education Society, Mumbai
  • -D.Y Patil Educational Academy, Mumbai
  • -D.Y. PatilVidyaPratishthan, Pimpri – Pune
  • -D.Y. Patil Educational Complex, Akurdi-Pune
  • -D.Y Patil Knowledge City, Charoli-Pune