Saurabh Dalal (born 28 August 1958) is an Indian

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in the Indian state of

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. He is serving from 2017 to 2022 as a

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in the 14th

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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

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. He has been given charge of finance and energy minister of Gujarat. He holds a

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degree from the

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. 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

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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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Saurabh Living people State cabinet ministers of Gujarat 1958 births Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002 Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007 Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012 Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022 Gujarati people