Biography:

1. KANTI PATEL, IS AN OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL FOR HIS SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICES TO THE SOCIETY; BECAUSE OF HIS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND MANY YEARS OF SUPPORT TO THE CULTURAL AND SOCIO-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTRY ARE REMARKABLE. HE IS PAST PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION, AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL ASIAN INDIAN COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE.
2. KANTI PATEL IS A TRUSTEE OF F.I.A., SINCE JANUARY 1997. HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF GUJARAT CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, SINCE 1984, (FIRST AND LARGEST GUJARATI ASSOCIATIO IN CHICAGO). HE SERVED AS A PUBLIC RELATION CORDINATOR OF B.A.P.S; A SOCIO-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION FROM 1984 THRU 2000. CURRENTLY HE GIVES HIS SERVICES

TO B.A.P.S. IN PUBLIC RELATION AND COMMUNITY OUT RICH COMMITTEE. HE SERVED FOUR YEARS AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN INDO AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION AND SATAVIS GAM PATIDAR SAMAJ. MR. KANTI PATEL SERVED AS A EXCUATIVE VICE PRESIDENT

OF N.F.I.A FROM 2012 THRU 2014.  MR. PATEL IS A LIFE MEMBER OF AAHOA, GAVE HIS SIX YEARS OF SEVICES AS A AMBASSADOR OF AAHOA AND CURRENTLY HE SELECTED FOR THREE MORE YEARS TO SERVE IN SPONSERSHIP COMMITTEE FROM UPPER MIDWEST REGION OF ILLINOIS. MR. PATEL IS A MEMBER OF ASIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR HON. SECREATERY, JESSE WHITE, STATE OF ILLINOIS SINCE MAY, 2004. MR. PATEL ORGANIZED INDIA INDEPENCE DAY PARADE IN CHICAGO SINCE 1992.

1. PATEL CAME TO USA IN JULY, 1973 AS A STUDENT VISA. BY PROFESSION HE IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND SERVED AS CONSULTANT FOR SEVERAL HEATING & COOLING PLANTS OF HOSPITALS & HOTELS. HE WORKED FROM 1978 THRU 1990 AS LEAD DESIGN ENGINEER FOR SARGENT AND LUNDY AT BYRON AND BRAIDWOOD NUCLEAR PROJECTS. FROM 1990 THRU 1993 WORKED AS A GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO’S DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AT O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND SINCE 1993 MR. PATEL IS WORKING AS A CHIEF OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER AT THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY.

HE IS MOBILIZING INDIANS SETTLED IN CHICAGO AND WORKING FOR PRESERVING AND PROJECTING THE INDIAN CULTURAL IN CORRECT PERSPECTIVE.

AWARDS:

• “MOTHER INDIA INTERNATIONAL 1995 AWARD”, PRESENTED BY UNION MINISTER OF STATE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, GOVERMENT OF INDIA.
• “CHITRAHAR’S COMMUNITY SERVICE 1996 AWARD”, PRESENTED BY JAGDISH SHARMA, CONSUL GENERAL OF INDIA.
• “FIA’S EXEMPLARY SERVICE 1997 AWARD”, PRESENTED BY JAGDISH SHARMA, CONSUL GENERAL OF INDIA.
• “COMMUNITY SERVICE 1997 AWARD”, PRESENTED BY RICHARD M. DALEY, MAYOR, CITY OF CHICAGO.
• “FIA’S COMMUNITY SERVICE 1997 AWARD, PRESENTED BY ASHA PAREKH, FILM ACTRESS OF INDIA.
• “HIND RATTAN 2000 AWARD”, PRESENTED BY HON. I.K.GUJRAL, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.
• “COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD IN 2009, FROM ASIAN ADVISERY COUNSIL, PRESENTED BY HON. JESSE WHITE, SECREATERY OF STATE, ILLINOIS.
• “FIA’S COMMUNITY SERVICE 2010 AWARD”, PRESENTED BY HON. JESSE WHITE, SECREATERY

OF STATE, ILLINOIS.

• “ASIAN AMERICAN HALL OF FAME U.S.A, ENGINEERING & COMMUNITY SERVICE, 2013 AWARD”, PRESENTED BY CONSUL GENERAL OF PHILIPPINES.
• “FIA’S COMMUNITY SERVICE 2015 AWARD, PRESENTED BY HON. PAT QUEEN, GOVERNOR STATE OF ILLINOIS.

PERSONNAL:

MARRIED, THREE DAUGHTERS, THREE GRAND SON, THREE GRAND DAUGHTERS, EXCELLENT   HEALTH, U. S. CITIZEN.