Saurabh Patel

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

Saurabh Patel
Cabinet Minister of Energy in Government of Gujarat
In office December 2017 – September 2021
Constituency	Botad
Cabinet Minister of Gujarat
In office 2002–2016
MLA of Gujarat
Incumbent
Assumed office 1998
Constituency	Botad
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party

He was serving from 2017 to 2022 as 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 was the minister of Energy & Petrochemicals for 14 Years.^[1][2]

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

He is the son-in-law of the Ambani's 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.^[3]

Political

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