Padmabhushan Shri. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

Padmabhushan Shri. E.V.alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil,worthy son of Late Padmashri 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.

 

Bio-Data

Name	:	E.V. alias BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL
Date of Birth	:	10th April, 1932 (As per record) 5th May 1932, (As per Teethi)
Address	:	At/Po. : Loni Bk Taluka : Rahata, District : Ahmednagar (M.S.) Pin Code - 413 736 (INDIA)
Education	:	S.S.C.
Profession	:	A Leading Agriculturist and Social worker

SERVICES TO THE SOCIETY ON DIFFERENT POSITIONS AS:

Member of Lok Sabha (From 1971 to 1991) From Kopargaon Parliamentary Constituency. Member of Lok Sabha (From Sept. 1999 to Feb.2004). From Kopargaon Parliamentary Constituency Minister of Industry (Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises) Govt. of India, New Delhi from 1st July 2002 to 24th May 2003

Member of Lok Sabha (From, 1998 to 1999) From Ahmednagar Parliamentary Constituency Minister of State For Finance (Expenditure, Banking & Insurance) Govt of India, New Delhi. From 13.10.1999 to 1.7.2002 Member of 14th Lok Sabha (From May 2004) From Kopargaon Parliamentary Constituency

PRESIDENT

Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Karkhana Sangh Ltd. Bombay 1981 to 1984 Friends of Soviet Union (Maharashtra State) Since 1980 Founder Executive President of Maharashtra Pani Parishad, Loni, Dist.Ahmednagar (M.S.) from 1995 Shri Sant Tukaram Maharaj 4th Chatu-Shatabdi (4th Century Program) Maha Samitee 2008

Maharashtra State distilleries Association 1977 to 1982 Maharashtra Madhyamik Granthpal Sangh Since 1982 to 2001 Maharashtra Samajawadi Congress Oct.1977 to 1979 India Water Partnership, New Delhi from 29th November 2003 Appointed as a President for Loksabha Election Campaign Committee in Maharashtra by AICC.(15th L.S)

VICE PRESIDENT

Friends of Soviet Union (Maharashtra State) 1975 to 1980. Ahmednagar Zilha Parishad From 1962 to 1971

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee 1980 to 1984 Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sangh Ltd., Bombay 1980 to 1981.

CHAIRMAN

Committee on Petitions Lok Sabha (1987 to 1989). State Level accounts Committee, Maharashtra State in 1988 Education and Public Works Committee Ahmednagar Zilha Parishad 1962 to 1967. Panchayat Samitee, Shrigonda, 1964 to 1966 Pravara Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., Pravaranagar From 1966 to 1977, 1978 to 1981 & 1982 to 1987. Pravara Rural Education Society, Since 1981. Group of Ministers on co-operative restructuring (September 2001) Standing Committee on Defence from 5 Aug, 2004 Committee for implementation of effective electricity in the district.

Committee on Agriculture Lok Sabha 1989 & 1991. State Level committee appointed by Government of Maharashtra to suggest Minimum wages for Agricultural labours 1987 to 1988. Agriculture Committee and Public works Committee, Ahmednagar Zilha Parishad 1967 to 1971 Study team appointed by Govt. of Maharashtra to study sugarcane yield and Recovery in Maharashtra State. Committee appointed by the State Government to suggest a chapter for the Co-op. Societies Act on Co-operative sugar factories Vigilance and monitoring committee for the district of Ahmednagar from Dec.2004 (DRDA)

TREASURER

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (I) 1985 to 1989

SECRETARY

Ahmednagar Dist. Congress Committee 1968 to 1971.

FOUNDER

Parner co-operative Sugar Factory, Parner, Dist. Ahmednagar Vridheshwar Co-operative Sugar Factory, Pathardi, Dist.Ahmednagar

Jagdamba Co-operative Sugar factory, Karjt, Dist.Ahmednagar Pravara Sahakari Bank Ltd., Loni

FOUNDER TRUSTEE

Pravara Institute of Research and Education in Natural and Social Sciences, Pravaranagar Dr.Vikhe Patil Foundation, Pune Pandit Jawaharlal Neharu Academy for performing Arts, Pravaranagar Padmashri Dr.Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation, Ahmednagar

Pravara Rural Medical Trust, Loni. Padmashri Dr.Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Institute of Technology & Engineering, Pravaranagar Pravara Co-Op. Dairy Society for 45 Villages. Dr.Vikhe Patil Foundation, Nasik Center Shirdi Sai Rural Institute, Rahata Since 1997.

CHANCELLOR

Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University) Loni, Dist. Ahmednagar (M.S.) since 2004

DIRECTOR

Maharashtra State farming corporation Ltd., 1964 to 1977 National Federation of co-op. Sugar Factories Ltd., New Delhi from 1976 to 1990 & Member of Executive Committee from 1982 to 1986 Associates a large number of Trusts rendering services to community in Different areas

Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sangh Ltd., Bombay 1966 to 1988 Indian sugar exports Corporation 1979 to 1988 Pravara Sahakari Bank Ltd., Loni 1975 to 1996. Padmashri Dr.Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. Pravaranagar from 1966 to 1997

MEMBER

Governing Council and Executive Committee Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi Governing Council and Executive Committee, Deccan Sugar Institute, Pune from 1975 to 1985 State Irrigation Committee Advisory Committee on Power and Irrigation from 1975 to 1978 State Sugar wage Board, 1966 to 1971 State Government Committee on Labour in 1966 All India Peace Solidarity Organization Maharashtra State Council Committee on Estimates Lok Sabha (1980 to 1982) Maharashtra Economic Development Council. Maharashtra State Employment and self-employment, High-level Committee 1996 to 1997 Pravara Study Circle, Loni since 1994. Informal consultative Committee for the Central Railway & south Central Railway Zone, Lok Sabha, New Delhi in 1998 Members of General Purpose Committee of Lok Sabha from 21st Sept. 2004. Member- Delimitation Commission of India for the state of Maharashtra 2007. Member-Governing Body of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR ) New Delhi 20.5.1985 to 20.4.1988

Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi (ICAR) 2.4.1985 to 1.4.1988 National Council of Rural Development, Hyderabad from 30.3.1987 for three years & again from 26.10.1990 for another three years Managing Committee, All India Distilleries Association, New Delhi, from 1978 to 1989 Deccan Sugar technologists Association, Pune since 1976 to till date Advisory Committee of Post and Telegraphs State Agri Price Committee in 1975 Consultative Committee of Ministry of Agri, Industry Irrigation, Civil Supplies and co-operation, Lok Sabha, New Delhi Committee on Sub Ordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha 1980/82. Technical Education Committee, appointed by Government of Maharashtra –1982 to 1990. Standing Committee on Communication, Lok Sabha, New Delhi in 1998. Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Lok Sabha, New Delhi in 1998 and from 5th Oct.2004 Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce from October 2003 to 6th Feb. 04 Committee to suggest the guidelines/criteria for selection of “Progressive Farmers” at Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, New Delhi since 2006.

SENATE MEMBER

Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 1966 to 1972 and 1974 to 1979. Yeshvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik since 1997

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

MANAGING TRUSTEE

Pravara Medical Trust Loni, with Rural Medical & Dental College and well equipped Rural Hospital, Since 1973

Shirdi Sai Rural Institute, Pravaranagar, Since 1997

TRUSTEE

Padmashri Dr.Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation, Ahmednagar

Dr.Vikhe Patil Foundation, Pune.

AWARDS

Awarded by V.G. alias Annasaheb Chirmule award in 2001 Awarded by “Sarswati Purskar” from Kailash Math, Nashik on Feb.2006 Awarded by “Sahakar Maharshi Ganpatrao Sathe Purskar” from Late Ganpatrao Sathe Pratisthan, Madha, Dist.Solapur on 11 March 2006 Felicitated by Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri On 24.9.2006 Awarded as “PADMABHUSHAN” by Government of India on 26th January 2010.

Awarded by “Rashtriya Bandhuta Purskar” from Rashtriya Bandhuta Pratisthan, Pune on 22nd Feb.2004 at Nashik Awarded by Padmashri Dr.Manibhai Desai Pratisthan, Uralikanchan by Manibhai Desai Rashtrseva Purskar on 27 April, 2006 Life Time Achievement Award by University of Pune on 10th February 2007 Vikas Bhusahan Award by Kakasaheb Mhaske Pratishtan, Ahmednagar on 5th May 2007

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

International Sugar Technologists conference held in Brazil in 1977, Cuba in 1982 and Havana in 1985 Asian Conference on Rural health, held at Beijing, China, 1988 VI Asian congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health on "Innovative Approaches to Rural Health" held on 22-24 Jan.1993 National Seminar on "Problems & Prospects of Rural Development" held in 1997 at Pravaranagar

International Farmers Conference held in Paris in 1984 Visit to various Universities of Israel, Egypt, UK, USA in 1997. I was along with the delegation laid by Hon’ble Speaker Lok Sabha to Moscow and St. Petersburg. There after I visited Sweden and United States of America & Russia between 15th Sept. 2003 to 1st Oct. 2003 World conference on Science, Budapest (Hungary) in July 1999 I was along with the delegation laid by Govt.of India attend the 61st Session of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly from 2nd Oct to 13 Oct.2006 at New York (USA)

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Participated important decisions for the progress of the nation in different fields

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

SPECIAL INTEREST

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 Taken keen interest in organizing farming community on the Principle of self-help and mutual help for their up-liftment Parliamentary work on unorganized labour security

Utilization of appropriate technology for the use of available water in vast Rural Areas. To solve the water crises, the River Linkage project in Maharashtra has been prepared and submitted to the Govt.of Maharashtra in 2002. Development an ideal Pravara Complex of Rural Development by relentlessly working for the last 40 Years. in HRD and Industrial Development. Farmers Security. Always worked for social security

PUBLICATIONS/ ARTICLES

Report of the study group for studying sugarcane yield in recovery in Maharashtra State The Symbol of co-operative Progress

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

MARATHI

ENGLISH

Education and Rural Employment - Loksatta dates 30/07/95 & 06/08/95 A note on "Water resources & its justified use For Maharashtra State" submitted to Water and Irrigation Commission appointed by Govt. of Maharashtra in Nov. 1995 Industrial Policy & its limitation. w. r. to Co-operative sector (Loksatta 10/12/95) Political interference in the Irrigation water management (Maharashtra Times 27/07/95.) Rural Economy if distorted. (Loksatta 04/08/96) Manifestos & Political parties (Sakal 04/08/96) Organization in Co-operative Sector. Agriculture Employment-Pillar of Rural Development (Samna special issue - 01/05/98) Indian Bank System & Agriculture Credit (Samna 15/05/98) Maratha Community -Needs to modify as per demand of time (Loksatta 17/05/98). Books written in Marathi “Kuthe Rahila Gaon”,(published) “Aarth-Anaarth” (under publication)

Role of Agriculture Credit in Rural Development. 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 M.S Effective implementation of IRDP some suggestion (Yojana, May, 1991). Late Shri Vaikunthabhai Mehata and Pravara Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. From mixed economy to mixed liberalization (Lokmat-Times-3/4/1994) The policy recommendations for fertilizer prices subsidies (A note submitted to Hon'ble Chairman, The Committee on Fertilizer Prices and Subsidies, Govt. of India, New Delhi.) Appraisal of Integrated Rural Development Programmes (IRDP).

TRAVELLED ABROAD

Brazil, Cuba, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany, Netherlands, Italy, China, USSR, Mexico, Israel, Egypt, Hungary & New York (USA)