Английская Википедия:Ajay Patel

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Ajay Patel is Chairman of Gujarat State Co-operative Bank and Ahmedabad District Co-Operative Bank (ADC Bank).[1][2] Patel is also involved in sports associations, primarily as president of Gujarat State Chess Association[3] and vice president of the National Rifle Association.[4] He is considered a close confidante of Amit Shah, who was also past President and Director of the ADC Bank.[5][6]

Personal life

Patel was born on 9 February 1962, in Ahmedabad. Born to a humble family who owned an electrical shop, Patel completed his schooling in Divan-Ballubhai School in 1978 and did his bachelor's degree in Civil engineering from Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering. Patel is married to Devangna Patel, and they have 3 children, namely Aneri, Anokhi and Dev.[7]

Career

He recently was elected as President to the Gujarat Chambers of Commerce & Industry (GCCI).[8][9] He is also the owner of Devraj Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.[10][11]

As a Chairman of ADC Bank, he sponsored the chess training programs in the schools of Gujarat.[12] As a President of Gujarat State Chess Association, he launched Sardar Patel Chess College,[13] first ever chess college in India, which is affiliated under Swarnim Gujarat Sports University.

He was elected unanimously as the chairman of the Co-operative Bank of India (COBI) New Delhi for the next five years. COBI is the apex body of multi-state urban cooperative banks, national co-operative federations, and land development banks.[14][5]

Patel is currently serving and has served multiple roles in the banking and the sports industry of India as mentioned below:

Organization Designation Industry Period
Co-operative Bank of India Chairman[14] Bank 2023 -
Gujarat Chambers of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) President[8][15] Commerce & Industry 2023 -
Indian Olympics Association Senior Vice President[16][17] International Sports 2022 -
Indian Red Cross Society - Gujarat State Branch Chairman[18][19][20] Social Welfare 2022 -
Asian Zone, All India Chess Association President[21] Sports 2022 -
Gujarat Chambers of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) Senior Vice President[22][23][6] Commerce & Industry 2022 - 2023
All India Chess Association Former President[16][24] Sports 2020 - 2021
Karnavati Club Member of board of directors[25] Sports 2016 - 2017
Gujarat State Co-operative Bank Chairman[1] Bank 2009 -
Gujarat State Chess Association President Sports 2008 -
National Rifle Association Vice President[16] Sports 2006 -
Ahmedabad District Co-operative Bank Chairman[2] Bank 2003 -

Awards and honours

Patel has won recognition and appreciation awards in 2015 from the National Federation of State Co-operative Banks Limited (NAFSCOB), an apex body of state co-operative banks.[26]

He has also been given the Appreciation Award in Sahakar Bharti 5th National Conference for his active role as Chairman of ADC Bank.[27]

He also has been honoured with the Sahkarita Shiromani Awards for his contributions to the cooperative movement on the occasion of Kribhco's 36th Annual General Meeting.[16]

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