Paresh Patel is a leader in agricultural marketing, sugar processing, and inter-state trade, serving as a key executive across national marketing and sugar federations.
- 1965 – Present
- Graduate in Commerce; specialized in commodity trading, sugar economics, and multi-state trade regulation.
- Place of Origin: Born in Surat district, Gujarat.
- Vice-Chairman / Director of the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF)
- Senior Director of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED)
- Chairman of regional cooperative processing federations in Gujarat
- Inter-State Ethanol Distribution: Lobbied and created frameworks for multi-state sugar mills to supply ethanol to oil marketing companies across state lines under national biofuel targets.
- Pulses & Oilseed Support Operations: Managed large-scale price stabilization procurement drives across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan in coordination with central government agencies.
- Field reports on ethanol blending policies, sugar export quota management, and inter-state agro-trade compliance.
- Recognized by national sugar and agro-marketing federations for modernizing cooperative processing infrastructure.