Sharan Patil returned to India in 1996 and joined Manipal Hospitals in Bangalore as an orthopaedic consultant.

In 2006, he founded the SPARSH Hospital for trauma, orthopaedics, plastics and maxillofacial surgery in Health City, which in itself was the fledging venture by Dr. Devi Shetty at the time (this later went on to becoming the NH Group as we know it today).

As an advocate of accessibility and affordability in healthcare for India, he launched his philanthropic arm called the SPARSH Foundation in 2007.

Lakshmi Tatma, an ischiopagus conjoined twin with 8 limbs from a remote village in Araria district of Bihar, had a life-threatening, medically challenging condition that required surgical intervention of the kind that was never done before in India.

Under the leadership of Patil, and the support of the SPARSH Foundation, this life transforming surgery was performed successfully.

Patil was invited by several medical universities and media houses both in UK and USA to discuss the accomplishment.

He strongly believes that "The gift of life and every moment inspires us to reach out and help, one should not consider this as an obligation but as an opportunity to touch the lives of people".