DY PATIL UNIVERSITY
Founder's Message
Dr. D Y Patil is a well known Educationist and Philanthropist from an agricultural town Kolhapur in the state of Maharashtra. He strongly believed that youth in India needed a greater platform that offers multiple opportunities to educate themselves across geography. He envisioned a goal of spreading education across the length and breadth of India by taking steps in a direction to craft each and every institute. He founded the first engineering college called Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai offering a bachelors degree in engineering in the year 1983. There was no turning back from there and today Dr. D Y Patil has founded more than three deemed universities with more than 150 independent institutions in India.
Another area that India needed leadership and investment was healthcare, where Dr. Patil believed every Indian should be able to get basic healthcare facilities free of charge in order to sustain a standard livelihood. In the last 35 years, Dr. D Y Patil has been successful in creating multiple healthcare facilities catering to the lower-income group and hosting several charitable health & education schemes for the general population.
Dr. D. Y. Patil was appointed as the Governor of Tripura, Governor of Bihar and Governor of West Bengal in the last three years where his role has been instrumental in spreading the vision of education, healthcare, and sports.
Following are the list of awards and honors that are bestowed upon him:
· Government of India conferred the prestigious “Padmashree” award in recognition of his work in the field of education in 1991.
· Arizona University, United States awarded an honorary doctorate degree in 1988.
· The Nottingham Trent University Kingdom awarded an honorary doctorate degree in
appreciation of his contribution to the cause of education in 1996.
· Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhuvneshwar awarded D.Litt. (Honoris
Causa) in 2012.
· Awarded the ‘Man of the Year 2005’ by the American Biographical Institute, U.S.A.
· “Samajshree” title and Manapatra (Certificate of Honour) awarded by Kolhapur
Municipal Corporation in the year 2000
· Honoured by ‘Cultural Doctorate in Philosophy of Education’ of World University Roundtable, Arizona, U.S.A
D Y Patil University has been making groundbreaking changes in the arena of education, healthcare, and sports. The moral vision of the university has always been to provide quality education in all spheres of higher learning and healthcare services in India. It has now been 17 diligent years of witnessing out of the box creativity, exceptional growth, and rewarding success of students and faculties. Each year the university, evolves into a stronger source of inspiration for all its students, to dream the bigger picture and turn it into reality. The university believes in creating the pioneers of tomorrow, who follow a vision of transforming India into a global platform for education, healthcare, and sports. Our shinning alumni stand as a testimony to the D Y Patil model of studies. Every year 15,000 students pass out from the university and each one of them is the beacon bearer of the society, who will change the face of our world with passion, dedication, and willpower.
Institute Highlights
- D.Y Patil Group hence harnesses the youth’s capabilities by honing their skills and providing students with global standards of education while also equipping them with world-class infrastructure, unique extra-curricular activities, and creative cultural celebrations.
- D Y Patil Sports Academy’s Stadium has been universally applauded by sports critics as the finest sporting facility in India and has been rated as one of the 6 best stadiums in the world by the British Architect’s Journal.
- D Y Patil University welcomes each one of you to visit us and explore opportunities to evangelize your potential as a student and join us on this incredible journey of self-development, exploration, and comprehensive academia all under one roof.
