ahmedabad the mention of degree could make a criminals blood run cold but not dr bhanu patelsthis nri doctor sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years decided to increase his worth by degrees during his term in sabarmati jail he has achieved 24 academic degrees the list of which runs into three pages most degrees are longer than his name he credits this exceptional academic feat to the inspirational mahatma gandhi barrack in the sabarmati jail where he spent almost five years in penance reforming himself and burning the midnight oil over his precious booksone of the charges against patel who was caught by ahmedabad police in 2003 was of propagating pornographic literature he was a practicing doctor in the us armed with an mbbs degree who had cleared the american medical council exams in 1998 but a queer urge to earn some quick money led him to exporting pornographic literature to india but a chance visit to ahmedabad in 2003 landed him in the police dragnet he was found guilty and was given ten years in prison of which he has done eight a cursory glance over his degrees would tell that he has an mba mcom diplomas in financial management operations computing human rights gandhian thoughts yoga as well as import and export general electronics entrepreneurship and food and nutrition most of these degrees are from ignou and baba saheb ambedkar universities patel studied in english medium throughout the state government sponsors education in jails and patel was the choicest candidate for this purposei was guilty of not living up to the many expectations that my dear ones had i was a doctor and i indulged in illicit activities which was harming the society i should have been punished but spending seven years in isolation was a reforming experience for me i spent many hours in the gandhi barrack looking back at my life i wanted to be transformed once i come out of jail i then decided to study and be something in life i plan to start my own business probably related to import export patel has told jail authorities