Dr. V. G Patel is the founder director of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India.
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Dr. V G Patel was an inspiration for many entrepreneurs in his lifetime.
Dr. V G Patel died on April 4, 2019.[1] He is author of The Seven Business Crisis & How to Beat Them (reissued as When the Going gets Tough),[2] Managing India's Small Industrial Economy (with V. Padmanand),[3] and Entrepreneurship Development Programme in India and its Relevance to Developing Countries.
He was awarded Padma Shri in 2017.
References
edit- ^ Wilson, Frank Arnal (1997). Towards sustainable project development. E. Elgar. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-85898-430-8.
- ^ D. Murali (3 November 2007). "Apply money to your own unique path". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ D. Murali (3 July 2004). "Survival of the small enterprise is too serious to be left to politicians". Business Line. Retrieved 27 July 2010.