Amrita Patel

Amrita Patel (born 1943) is an Indian businessperson associated with cooperative dairy sector as well as an environmentalist.

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

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

As the managing director of NDDB, she led the Operation Flood, the world's biggest dairy development program.

[2][5] She is the Chairman of the Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute, Anand as well as Charutar Arogya Mandal.

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