Prof. Dr. Dipak Tatpuje - DEE | DBM | ADCSSAA | MMS
| PhD | Babson Research Fellow 2021
Founder and Research Advisor, VidyaDeep Foundation,
Satara (MS) India
Miller Center GSBI Mentor, SCU, CA | Mentor, Google
Educator Group: Asia Pacific (GEG: APAC)
Google Certified Innovator | Founder Leader, GEG –
Satara | Google Applied Digital Skills Ambassador
Member, UNESCO Asia Pacific GCED Network
Global Thinker, UNOSSC and Expert UNESCO Inclusive
Policy Lab
I always choose to identify myself to the audience as an author,
entrepreneurial educator, career counsellor, and then as a researcher for
social reformation, as well as an expert-advisor for the worldwide
organizations with which I am currently associated.
Educational and Professional Background
I obtained a PhD in ICT entrepreneurship from
Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune and a Babson Research Fellowship (2021). I
have been working in education, training, and research for over 40 years. I
worked at Satara Polytechnic, MITCON and Symbiosis International University. I
am from Satara, the capital city of Shrimant Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. My
areas of expertise include entrepreneurship education, technological
entrepreneurship, experiential and experimental education, science
communication, and career counselling. In the past and today, I have worked
specifically to uplift marginalized communities for better and more sustainable
livelihoods in rural and slum areas.
Exploring the Future - Research Inventions
During my research journey, I
invented TAILOR-C Model of EE and Model of Techno-entrepreneurship. It is
replicated at national and international level with the help of DST, TREC-STEP,
EDII, UNDP, UNESCO and EU-India GENIE projects. Research for social transformation
is my passion and hence I did the same over few decades in rural areas.
About the VidyaDeep Foundation
I founded VidyaDeep foundation in 2004 for
empowerment of rural youths through micro-enterprise movement. Also, I am the
founder member of two Satara based credit cooperative societies, now working
innovatively in micro-credit lending. VidyaDeep is now completing 20 years and
hence started to work further in Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) with Computational
Thinkers for Action Research. VidyaDeep is also planning to work in Open
Distance Learning with Massive Online Open Course for skill-based modules with
the team of international experts and Google Educator Groups.
National and International Project Highlights
I worked on 16 projects for UNESCO, UNDP, the
European Union, and others. I am outlining GCED (Global Citizenship Education)
modules that combine entrepreneurship education with the scientific method of
computational thinking. One of my pedagogical development projects will involve
the use of Google products for a hybrid model of experimental learning. This
would be translational research for the growth of the community as a whole in
terms of social inclusion using policy research findings. I visited the UK as
part of the CASTME-Asia faculty exchange program, as well as the United States,
Singapore, and Thailand for various joint initiatives.
Achievements and Honours
I received number of national
awards. UP Govt. National Award of ISTE New Delhi, Best Entrepreneur educator
award of CSE-NITIE, Mumbai, Swami Vivekanand Award of Vivek Kranti Dal are few
of them.
Entrepreneurial Insights - Tips for New Business Owners
Sustainable entrepreneurship is
possible by adopting recent skills of technology which further leads for better
livelihood. Consistency and passionate efforts, high intentions, intelligent
practices on vibrant market conditions lead success in the entrepreneurship.
Every youth entrepreneur needs to look upon this point of view.
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