Mahesh K Patil

Mahesh K Patil is the Director of Eco-farm at Panaji, Goa. Prior to this, he was with Sesa Goa Limited (a subsidiary of Vedanta Plc) as Associate Vice President where he was responsible for occupational Health and Safety, Environment management and Community Development activities and was responsible for company’s activities concerning Sustainability in India and abroad.

He has experience of over 22 years in Environment impact Assessment for large mining and steel project (Pig iron plant, Metallurgical Coke, sinter and power plant) and coordinating the Environment management and Safety activities. He has passion for CSR, and has initiated many pioneering program like Alternative Livelihood opportunities for communities around mining areas in association with University of Agricultural sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka.

He has developed and successfully replicated many mine reclamation techniques like Biotechnological approach, root training Nursery, Use of Geotextiles, Agrihorticultural plantation, Bamboo setumetc , for Mine reclamation. He has developed Integrated Management system for Occupational Health & safety and Environment and also published Sustainable Development Report as per GRI guidelines.

He has presented papers in various national and international seminars, and also nominated as member in various national committees. He has received prestigious awards for the company in the field of Sustainable Development (Safety, Environment Management and Corporate Social responsibility).

M.K. Patil is a certified ISO auditor. He won a national award for outstanding efforts in mine-land reclamation and sustainable utilization of natural resources. He has a Master’s degree in agriculture with a specialization in plant pathology from the University of Agricultural Science, Karnataka, MBA from Goa Institute of Management and a postgraduate degree in ecology and the environment.