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Amrita Patel
Patel in 2016
Born (1943-11-13) 13 November 1943 (age 80)
New Delhi, British India
NationalityIndian
OccupationBusinessperson
Parent
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2001)
The President of India Pratibha Patil presenting the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (2005) to Amrita Patel at the World Environment Day 2008 and 30th Year of the Foundation of National Museum of Natural History

Amrita Patel is an Indian businessperson associated with cooperative dairy sector as well as an environmentalist. She headed National Dairy Development Board from 1998 to 2014 which led the world's biggest dairy development program Operation Flood. She chaired several other institutes and has been a member of board of banks. She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2001.

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Early life

Amrita Patel was born on 13 November 1943 at 1, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was the youngest among five daughters of civil servant and politician Hirubhai M. Patel and Savitaben, a Gujarati family. When her father retired, her family moved back to Anand in Gujarat in 1959. She received her higher education from Mumbai and completed her study in Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry. In 1965, she joined Amul, a dairy cooperative, and was trained under Verghese Kurien.[1][2][3]

Career

After four decades of work in Amul, she served as the chairperson of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in from 1998 to 2014. As the managing director of NDDB, she led the Operation Flood, the world's biggest dairy development program.[4]

She also became a chairperson of the 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.[1] She has been a member of the Boards of Reserve Bank of India and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).[4]

She advocates the protection of environment and ecology. She was the chairperson of the Foundation for Ecological Security working in the field of ecology.[2][5] She is the Chairman of the Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute, Anand as well as Charutar Arogya Mandal.[4]

Recognition

She was awarded various awards for her contribution in development and management of dairy sector including the Financial Express Lifetime Achievement Award, Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for Nation Building (1999-2000), World Dairy Expo's International Person of the Year (1997), Indian Dairy Association Fellowship, Krishimitra Award, Foundation National Award from Fuel Injection Engineering Company, Sahkarita Bandhu Award, Borlaug Award (1991), Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (2005),[1][4] Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman (Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016).[6]

The Government of India awarded her Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award of India, in 2001.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Vyas, Rajani (2012). ગુજરાતની અસ્મિતા Gujaratni Asmita [Who's Who of Gujarat] (in Gujarati) (5th ed.). Ahmedabad: Akshara Publication. p. 314. OCLC 650457017.
  2. ^ a b "The lonely mission of Amrita Patel". The Financial Express. 17 December 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Amrita Patel on Kurien's ideologies, the road ahead". Rediff. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Dr. Amrita Patel | nddb.coop". www.nddb.coop. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Amrita Patel gets environ award". The Hindu Business Line. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ Srivastava, Shilpika (8 March 2016). "Amrita Patel awarded with Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman". Jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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