Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil

Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil
Member of Legislative Council , Karnataka
Assumed office
2016
Preceded by Veerkumar Appaso Patil (INC)
Chairman, Karnataka Milk Federation, Belgaum
Assumed office
2014
Chairman , Mahakali educational charitable society
Assumed office
1978
Chairman, Phoenix Public School
Assumed office
1988
Personal details
Born (1956-06-16) 16 June 1956
Solapur, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Independently Elected
Relations Pranay Vivek Patil (son)
V.L. Patil (Father)
Residence Belgaum, India
Alma mater St. Peters school, Panchgani

Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil (born 1956) is an Indian politician, educator, author and industrialist. Born in Solapur, he is the son of V.L. Patil, a politician and freedom fighter. Vivekrao is the father of renowned Indian politician Pranay Vivek Patil. He completed his MBA from Chatrapati Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

He is an elected member of the legislative council and was elected independently with a record victory margin that was the highest in the state since independence. He was elected director of the Karnataka Milk Federation and then elected as the chairman. Vivekrao is a member of the Belgaum Chamber of Commerce, a chairman of the Raibag Sugar Factory and a chairman of the Belgaum District Co-operative bank. He is a Political Strongman in the state.

He runs a chain of over 50 educational institutions in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa.

He is a writer and among other things has written several novels. One of them, Dawn to Dust, was a best selling romantic tragedy novel in Europe and India. A Bollywood movie (Dhadkan) was based on it.

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