Ramchandra Patel

Ramchandra Babaldas Patel (born 1 August 1939), also known by his pen name Sukrit, is a Gujarati poet, novelist and short story writer from Gujarat, India. Ramchandra Patel was born on 1 August 1939 at Umta village (now in Mehsana district, Gujarat). He completed his primary and secondary education from Umta and Visnagar. After completing S. S. C., he joined Sheth C. N. College of Fine Arts, Ahmedabad and received D. T. C. He returned to Umta and joined High School as a drawing teacher. He retired from there after serving for 38 years. He was involved in discovery of medieval Jain temple in Rajgadhi mound in his village. He works in agriculture, education and social service. Patel's writing is influenced by his rural life and close contact with nature and agriculture. He has published two poetry collections, Mari Anagasi Rutu (1977) and Padmanidra (2001), containing metrical and non-metrical poetry. His love of nature and agriculture is evident in his poems. Simantara (2013) contains 81 poems.