Ganpat Patel

Early life and education Ganpat Patel is the son of Iswarbhai Patel and Menaben Patel. He was born in the village of Bhunav or 1946. He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from California State Polytechnic University, in Pomona in 1969 and a master's degree, also in electrical engineering, from UCLA in 1973.

Career Patel got his first job in an aviation industry company Lockheed Martin but he lost this job soon due to a recession in the aviation sector. He was lucky to get the immediate job offer from Abbott Laboratories in Culver City of Los Angeles in 1971. There after he also got an opportunity in Burroughs Computer and he acquired many useful skills which gave a great push to the tenets of entrepreneurship in him. In 1978, Shri Patel, with the help of his wife, founded Cherokee International, Inc.,

Supported by his wife Smt Manjuben and motivated by his three daughters, Rita, Anita and Asha as well as his seven grandchildren, Patel has started a “सेवा यज्ञ” social upliftment through education and established various institutions in India which can impart quality learning to Indian students.

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