Today, a consultant to serveral leading industries and national research & development institutions, bapu patil has always believed in and led a simple life. Born in interiors of maharashtra, in mhaisal village, nature has played an intrinsic role in bapu's upbringing. Another facet of bapu's childhood that set the foundations for a lifetime devoted to the search for knowledge, was the local bahubali gurukul. In bapu's own words "it is the knowledge that can fulfill all we desire."