Padmashree Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil is profoundly known as D.Y. Patil who was born in the year 1935 on 22 October and is an Indian politician who was also Governor of Bihar, a state in eastern India from 29 May 2012 to 26 November 2014.
He is an educator and was a leader of the Indian National Congress from Maharashtra state. He was appointed the Governor of West Bengal on 24 December 2018, he joined Nationalist Congress Party.
Patil was elected to the Kolhapur Municipal Council as a Congress candidate in 1957 and remained in office until 1962. He was a member of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from 1967-78. In both the 1967 and 1972 elections, he was elected from the Panhala Vidhan Sabha constituency.
He was appointed the Governor of Tripura state on 21 November 2009 and took the oath of office and secrecy on 27 November 2009. He was appointed the Governor of Bihar on 9 March 2012.
Through his noble work and realized dreams, Dr. D. Y. Patil has contributed significantly to the cause of Education and healthcare. Through his various educational and healthcare schemes and policies, he would like to see India grow and become a self-supporting and leading nation. His vision is to make education and health care available to all, especially to the poor and needy, and the deprived and downtrodden.
Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil, a well-known educationist, and philanthropist from Kolhapur located in the state of Maharashtra, Born in a small village of Ambap he dreamt of spreading education and healthcare to the masses of India and revolutionized the educational sector in Maharashtra. He is the founder and president of D. Y. Patil Educational Academy, Ramrao Adik Education Society, Dr. D. Y. Patil Pratishthan, D. Y. Patil Education Society, and Continental Medicare Foundation. He is associated with a large number of educational, social, and cultural activities. He has devoted himself to the cause of education. Eminent citizens representing various educational, social, and industrial interests, are members of the Board of Trustees of these organizations.
Dr. D. Y. Patil has focused his energies on the cause of education, with emphasis on professional education areas. He is of the opinion that the education patterned to train the students to face the challenges and ever-changing job/skill requirements on account of globalization without forgetting the ethos of rich Indian culture is bound to transform the society and thereby make India a strong, self-supporting, and leading nation. His preference is for the actual implementation of his concepts rather than merely preaching.