Saurabh Patel

Saurabh Dalal Patel (born 28 August 1958) is an Indian politician in the Indian state of Gujarat.

He is currently a Member of Legislative Assembly in the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha (ગુજરાત વિધાન સભા) and has served in the same capacity in the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Legislative Assemblies as well. In the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Elections that concluded in 2017, he contested and was directly elected from the constituency of Botad. He has given charge of finance and energy minister of gujarat.

He holds a MBA degree from the United States of America.

He is the son-in-Law of the Ambani family. Saurabh Dalal Patel belongs to Patel community but has surname of Dalal due to the profession of his forefathers. He is known as the Patel of Ambani family.

Personal

Saurabh Dalal Patel is the husband of Ila Ambani, the first cousin of Mukesh and Anil Ambani. He is the son-in-law of Ramnikbhai Ambani, the elder brother of late Dhirubhai Ambani.

Political

Interested in the energy fields, Saurabh has succeeded in making an energy negative building in Gandhinagar. He is also the brainchild behind Asia's biggest solar power project, as well as a pilot project of rooftop solar panels on Narmada Canal.