Ghanshyambhai Patel, a farmer’s son born on 8^th August, 1950, obtained Doctorate degree from I. A. R. I., New Delhi and specialized in the field of Pest and Disease Management. He started his career with a Moto of “Farmers First” as Senior Research Assistant at N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari on 25^th April, 1975, taught various courses of Entomology at UG/PG Classes in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry Colleges and conducted Research for pest management of Cotton, Mango, Sapota, Sugarcane, Paddy, Coconut, Ber, Sorghum, Mustard, Cow pea, Groundnut, Cabbage, Okra, Cumin, Pigeon pea, Castor etc. He has at his credit 35 years of UG/ PG teaching and research experience, guided 9 P. G. students for M. Sc. (Agri.) and 8 for Ph. D. degree, published more than 65 Research papers, 100 popular articles, 7 Practical manuals, 15 technical bulletins. Also looked after C. P. College of Agriculture as Dean, and acted as Founder Dean of College of Horticulture and College of Basic Science and Humanities at SDAU, Sardarkrushinagar. He is famous among farmers for the “Seed Treatment Technology against White grubs in Groundnut and pearl millet” he was awarded Sardar Patel Award and Hari Om Ashram sponsored Prof. J. P. Trivedi Award and six other awards/prizes apart from Development of IPM package for cotton, Groundnut, Castor and Pigeon pea. His leadership was appreciated by Government of Gujarat for “Successful combat operations against the Desert Locust invasion” in 1993. After retirement in August, 2012, he is offering his services as  Agriculture Consultant to Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai, Pidilite Industries Ltd., Mumbai, National Innovation Foundation, IIM, Ahmedabad.