Amrish Patel has been the President of the Shirpur Education Society since 1979, well-known educationalist, businessman, philanthropist and political personality.
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Bhupesh R. Patel is the joint president – Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal. He is actively involved in the development of infrastructure and facilities at all campuses all over India.
Know moreAmrish R. Patel is a well-known educationalist, businessman, philanthropist and political personality.
Amrish Patel has been the President of the Shirpur Education Society since 1979, which runs about 70 schools imparting pre primary, primary, secondary, and higher education. He is also the Director of R. C. Patel Educational Trust, which runs several schools, junior and senior colleges, professional colleges, Ashram schools.
Amrish Patel is the President of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal - one of the largest and most reputed education trusts which runs schools, colleges, professional colleges, technical institutes and the famous deemed university – NMIMS, having campuses in Mumbai, Shirpur, Bengaluru , Hyderabad, Chandigarh offering U. G, P. G. and Ph. D. level professional programs. He is also the Chancellor of SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed Univ.).
A firm believer in the cooperative movement, Amrish Patel was Chairman of the Dhule District Co-op. Bank (250 branches) for 10 years. He is the founder Chairman of several organizations in Shirpur which include the Priyadarshani Sahakari Patpedhi, Priyadarshani Sahakari Soot Girni Ltd., Padmawati Oil Mill, Shirpur Taluka Doodh Utpadak Sahakari Society, R. C. Patel Gymkhana, Shirpur T. V. Club, Shirpur Peoples Co-op. Bank Ltd. and Amoda Parisar Telbiya Utpadak Sahakari Society.
One of his crucial and famous projects is water conservation providing water in Shirpur For agriculture throughout the year. This project is treated as a model water conservation project known as the ‘Shirpur Pattern’ of water conservation. Other projects undertaken are purified water supply to Shirpur, clean environment, planting one lakh neem trees in and around Shirpur,
Amrish Patel was MLA from Shirpur constituency from 1990 to 2004 and has been MLC since then. He was the Minister of School Education, Sports, and Youth Affairs, government of Maharashtra.
CloseBHUPESH R. PATEL is the joint president – Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal. He is actively involved in the development of infrastructure and facilities at all campuses all over India.
He has envisioned establishing various institutions of SVKM to make available quality education to the young generation in a rural area like Shirpur with a very large tribal population:
NMIMS Mukesh Patel Technology Park, offering engineering and pharmaceutical programs
NMIMS Academy of Aviation
SVKM’s Mukesh Patel Military School
SVKM’s Mukesh Patel CBSE School
He has been instrumental in the development of the Shirpur Residential Campus of NMIMS for engineering and pharmaceutical programs. The campus is spread over 50 acres of land with 10 Lakh sq. feet built-up area having several facilities.
He has contributed immensely to the excellent all-around development of the Shirpur campus and takes a keen interest in the on-going activities.
He is also the Chairman of the Priyadarshini Sahakari Soot Girani Ltd, Shirpur for over a decade. The spinning and dyeing unit under the co-operative sector employs over 3000 people. This is Maharashtra’s biggest co-operative initiative.
He is a trustee of the Shirpur Education Society and R C Patel Educational Trust. He contributes to two major educational trusts in Shirpur, viz. Shirpur Education Society and R.C.Patel Educational Trust for its continued growth for several years. Between these two, they run engineering, arts, commerce, MCA, pharmacy, B. Ed. and D. Ed College, and scores of schools from primary to high schools.
He has also served as the President of Shirpur-Warvade Nagar Palika (this post is also referred to as the Mayor) for several terms:
December 2001 -November 2006
July 2009 – December 2011
July 2014 – December 2016
During his tenure, he has taken up numerous development activities in Shirpur like
Education: Various government-owned tribal schools are established to offer Marathi as well as English medium education. They offer education to Shirpur as well as tribal areas. They function like private schools.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital: It is rated as the No.1 hospital in B Class Nagarpalika in Maharashtra.
Built a recreation garden and amusement park for the community Water Supply and water treatment plant.
Sewerage management systems, including daily door-to-door garbage collections to ensure cleanliness and hygiene
Electrification of Shirpur
Concrete roads in Shirpur
As a result of the exemplary work put in by Bhupesh Patel and his team, the Shirpur Warvade Municipal Nagar Parishad got the distinction of being the first recipient of the Rs. 40 lakh- award constituted by the Maharashtra Government for best-managed Nagar Parishad in Maharashtra State.
CloseJayshree Amrish Patel is the independently-elected Mayor of Shirpur. Passionate about women empowerment and children’s education, she has brought about a radical change in Shirpur and the neighboring areas. Her work is centered on the education of tribal children, especially livelihood skills. Jayshree maintains a strong focus on the girl child - be it through education, health facilities, and skill development opportunities. She has mentored women to become community leaders, giving them areas to lead and grow.
As the mayor of Shirpur, she has heralded strong sanitation measures and systems, which were recognized and awarded by the state-level committee of Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan.
She credits her father’s spiritual values and her husband’s relentless passion for social good for fuelling her journey thus far. “My dream is to see every woman feeling confident, secure, getting her rights and rightful place in society,” she says.
CloseDweta Patel aims to empower women with opportunities to grow and achieve their full potential. With women being the most crucial pillar of society, she provides rural women with access to resources that allow for social and economic independence.
Committed to education, gender equality, women’s rights and integrating the strengths of specially-abled communities, Dweta hopes to create change about important issues such as women’s health and equality.
“My biggest source of inspiration would be my brother (Tapan Patel). He created his identity with relentless work and passion for people’s welfare.”
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