He is a consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine who completed his fellowship from the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and was first elected as a Labour Councillor for the Larkhall ward in 2006 and re-elected in 2010.
He was the First Mayor of Asian origin in the London Borough. The important event during his mayoralty was to receive The Pope Benedict the XVI during his official visit to London on 18 September, 2010. This was the first papal visit to the London Borough of Lambeth.
Doctor Patil hails from the Indian state of Karnataka.
On 24 March 2015 The Honorary Prime Minister of India Sri Narendra Modi invited him to his official residence to congratulate him for his efforts in securing planning permission from the British Government for erecting the statue of Basaveshwara along the bank of river Thames in the back drop of British Parliament.He unveiled the statue of Basaveshwara on the 14th of November 2015. Doctor Neeraj Patil has also spoken at the 2nd Kannada Vishwa Sammelana held on 11 March, 2011 at Belagavi, Karnataka and mesmerized the audience by his famous quote " You can take Indians out of India but you cannot take India out of Indians, You can take Kannadigas out of Karnataka but you cannot take Kannada and Karnataka out of the heart os Kannadigas.
Political positions held
Mayor of "The London Borough of Lambeth"- 2010-2011,
Elected as Lambeth Councillor-2006-2020
Re-elected as Lambeth Councillor-2010-2014
Governor of Kings College Hospital-2006-2007,
Governor of Street Thomas Hospital- 2008-2010.
He served as a Consultant in Emergency Medicne at Worthing Hospital and was active member of KWASH campaign to save the Emergency services at Worthing General Hospital.He has been elected from the British Labour Party. Member of National Policy Forum, Labour Party 2013-2015,
Member of National Executive BAME Labour 2009-2013,
Member of NRI Forum Karnataka 2007-2010,
Board member of American Academy for promoting Emergency Medicine in India 2013-2015.
