Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil

Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil (born 1958) is an Indian politician, educator, author and industrialist.

He completed his MBA from Chatrapati Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

Vivekrao is a member of the Belgaum Chamber of Commerce, a chairman of the Raibag Sugar Factory and a chairman of the Belgaum District Co-operative bank.

He runs a chain of over 50 educational institutions in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa.

One of them, Dawn to Dust, was a best selling romantic tragedy novel in Europe and India.