Background and Achievement

Mr Patel has given remarkable service to the Town of Ba as a Councillor and Mayor and to the country of Fiji as an elected Member of Parliament on two occasions.

Despite a busy schedule, Mr Patel has immensely contributed his service in the field of education, sports, religion, community health, local and national Governments and in community.

His contribution to education in Fiji and India is legendary.

n He has been the manager, president of A.D Patel College & Tagore Memorial School and a member of the Ba Gujurat Education Society.

Not only in Fiji, Vinod Patel fondly known as Vinodbhai and his family have built and funded a village school for Boys and Girls in their father’s village of Karkhadi near Vadodara, Gujarat.

This school is in the name of their parents Shankarbhai and Shantaben Patel. His contribution to the field of sports especially in soccer has been exemplary and unmatched in the District of Ba and as the National Team director and vice president.

Mr Patel is the recipient of several awards given by the Government of Fiji.

This includes the peak Hindu religious body Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji and the prestigious life membership of the Ba Soccer Association to name a few.

Vinod Patel’s commitment to community health work has been exemplary as well.

Ba Methodist Mission Hospital, Ba Vision Centre for visually impaired, Fiji Red Cross, St John Ambulance, and Veiseisei Village Sai Health Centre as few notable organisation that he gave his valuable time and support to.

Mr Patel has no plans to stop his service to the community.