Balasaheb Vikhe Patil  was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.

He represented the Kopargaon and Ahmednagar constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.

He later joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).  He was a minister in the NDA.

He was a prominent leader of Maharashtra and eldest son of Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, who started Asia’s first Co-operative sugar factory at Loni in Maharashtra.

He was awarded the prestigious civilian award Padma Bhushan on 31 March 2010 for his outstanding work in the field of Social Work.^[2]

He was seven time MP, former Union Minister of State (Finance) and Union Cabinet Minister (Heavy Industries), Government of India.