10 Facts About Amrita Patel

Amrita Patel was born on 1943 and is an Indian businessperson associated with cooperative dairy sector as well as an environmentalist.

Amrita Patel headed the National Dairy Development Board from 1998 to 2014 which led the world's biggest dairy development program Operation Flood.

Amrita Patel chaired several other institutes and has been a member of board of banks.

Amrita Patel was born on 13 November 1943 at 1, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi.

Amrita Patel was the youngest among five daughters of civil servant and politician Hirubhai M Patel and Savitaben, a Gujarati family.

Amrita Patel received her higher education from Mumbai and completed her study in Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry.

Amrita Patel became a chairperson of Mother Dairy, Delhi; the President of Indian National Committee of the International Dairy Federation and later a member of Planning Commission of Government of Himachal Pradesh.

Amrita Patel has been a member of the Boards of the Reserve Bank of India and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Amrita Patel was the chairperson of the Foundation for Ecological Security working in the field of ecology.

Amrita Patel is the Chairman of the Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute, Anand as well as Charutar Arogya Mandal.