dr vijay dnyandeo patil son of dr dy patil has a clear vision for indian youth the founder of several educational institutes in maharashtra dr vijay wants to bring about a sea change in the field of sports and provide stateoftheart facilities to youngsters he says i have always been fascinated by cricket grounds and sports facilities and did a lot of research all over the world to incorporate the best features of various grounds at our dy patil sports academy and stadium its no wonder then that the academycumstadium has received much acclaim from players and administrators alike it has already hosted quite a few national and international cricket and football matches and in 200910 it was ranked by the british architects journal as the sixth best cricket stadium in the world it is also currently the home ground for mumbais football team dr vijay dnyandeo patil was born in kolhapur and is married to shivani patil his family which is from kolhapur is known for scholars and eminent persons in the field of medicine education and law his father was the governor of tripura as well as bihar and has held additional charge of west bengal dr vijay is armed with a bachelors degree in computer engineering and an mba from bond university australia he has been conferred an honorary doctorate by jjt university rajasthan he also holds the position of vice president of the mumbai cricket association mca and has been elected for the second consecutive term president of dy patil university dr vijay has played a pivotal role in bringing all the medical and paramedical facilities under the umbrella of the university and getting it a grade naac accreditation he also is the president of the dy patil hospital and research centre which is a postgraduate teaching tertiary level super specialty charitable hospital that provides free opd and free ipd services to all the patients talk to him about his accomplishments and he is quick to attribute his success to sant gajanan maharaj of shegaon and his parents