ahmedabad noted tax expert and advocate mukesh patel was recently honoured as a champion of taxpayer education at the awards ceremony of the all india tax congress mukesh patel was felicitated at the ceremony in new delhi by the tax india knowledge foundation earlier this weekthe award recognizes his continuous endeavours towards taxpayer education through print and the electronic media for 45 years through weekly columns shows and books patel as toi reported earlier covered and critically analysed some 46 union budgets presented by various governments since 1977 the award was presented to patel by tamil nadu finance minister p thiagarajan i want to dedicate this prestigious award to my two mentors the pioneer of legal aid justice v r krishna iyer and budget guru nani palkhiwala who from the early days of my profession in 1977 nurtured my vision and mission and fired up my passion for championing the cause of meaningful taxpayer education and jargonfree budget analysis patel said on the honour