Ajay Patel

Ajay Patel (born 9 February 1962) is an Indian businessman and sport administrator. He is the 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 confidant of Amit Shah, who was also past president and director of the ADC Bank.^[5][6]

Ajay Patel
Born	9 February 1962 Ahmedabad, Gujarat - India
Education	B.E., Civil; L.L.B.
Alma mater	Diwan Ballubhai School Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering
Occupation(s)	Banker, businessperson
Spouse	Devangna Patel
Website	ajayhpatel.com

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]