Amrita Patel
Amrita Patel | |
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Born | New Delhi, British India | 13 November 1943
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Businessperson |
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Awards | Padma Bhushan (2001) |
Amrita Patel is an Indian businessperson associated with cooperative dairy sector as well as an environmentalist. She headed
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
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
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
- ^ OCLC 650457017.
- ^ a b "The lonely mission of Amrita Patel". The Financial Express. 17 December 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Amrita Patel on Kurien's ideologies, the road ahead". Rediff. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Amrita Patel | nddb.coop". www.nddb.coop. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Amrita Patel gets environ award". The Hindu Business Line. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Srivastava, Shilpika (8 March 2016). "Amrita Patel awarded with Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Shiromani Samman". Jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.