Brief Introduction of

PROFESSOR DR. DILIP SHANKARRAO PATIL, age 52, has paternal & maternal
military background but basically a farmers family from a village Sonavde, Tal.
Shahuwadi near Panhala fort in Kolhapur district of southern Maharashtra.

Dr. Patil studied in Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya, Dadar & Ruia College, Matunga in Mumbai.
He is double graduate in Arts with Economics & Political Science & Rural Development.
He completed his Post Graduation and Ph.D. in Arts with Rural Development from Mani
Bhavan Gandhi Sanghralaya, Girgaon, Mumbai. At present he is Ph.D. Guide from
same Institution, having eight Ph.D. students. Ten college teachers have completed M.
Phil. & 15 students have completed M.A. by research under his guidance.

For the last 24 years he is teaching Rural Development, Community Development &
Panchayati Raj subjects.14 years at St Gonsalo Garcia College, Vasai, 3 years at St.
Joseph College, Virar as Principal and since last seven years he is Professor and
Director of Lifelong Learning and Extension, University of Mumbai. He is author of
5 books on rural development and cooperation for degree college students.

He worked as a visiting Professor in the Catholic University of Eastern Africa,

Nairobi in Kenya in 2004 as a Ambasadore of Goodwill under ROTARY
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, Washington DC, USA (among Ten Best
Teachers in World)

Dr Patil is working as an observer for UGC NET / SET & BARC Young Scientist Exam.
He is a member of various advisory committees in Mumbai Municipal Corporation, and
various Universities in India, At present Peer team member of NAAC - UGC Banglore.

He represented India in Ten International Conferences at New Zealand, Hong Kong,

Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Israel, Malaysia, England, South Africa and Kenya.

Last 30 years he is associate with Nirmiti Youth Foundation (an NGO of ex NSS
volunteers of Ruia College, Matunga) implementing developmental projects in tribal part
of vasai taluka near ganeshpuri in thane district. After his graduation he worked as a tribal
volunteer for Six years under jamnalal bajaj Foundation fellowship in thane district to
implement projects in education, health, women and child dev; drinking water &
sanitation, social forestry, appropriate technology, animal husbandary, rural roads and
electrification.

Presently he is Professor and Director of University of Mumbai, mobilizing Extension

activities in 200 colleges from Goa border to Gujarat border in six districts in konkan
with 18,000 degree college students and 400 degree college teachers, having projects in
Enterperunship, Industry orientation, Information Technology, status of women in
society, National Institute of Open Schooling. Introduced 13 market oriented continuing
education ONLINE courses for all the age groups under E – learning Centre of university
of Mumbai.
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Contact details : DR DILIP S PATIL, Professor and Director, DLLE, University of
Mumbai, V V Bhavan, B Road, Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020. Cell- 93235 92883.
Office Ph 22813020, E-mail : dilipsp@yahoo.com, dilipsp45@gmail.com