Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel (b. 1945, Ruppur, Mehsana, Gujarat) is an Indian industrialist, founder of the Rs. 2500 crore (USD 500 mn) Nirma group with major interests in detergents, soaps and cosmetics.
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in Chemistry at age 21 and worked as a lab technician, first in the New Cotton Mills, Ahmedabad, of the Lalbhai group and then at the Geology and Mining Department of the state Government.
Karsanbhai Patel, a well known entrepreneur and philanthropist of Gujarat, started Nirma as a one-man operation.
Patel | Upen Patel | Jayant Patel | Jabbar Patel | Dev Patel | Marilyn Hall Patel | Harish Patel | Vallabhbhai Patel | Shernaz Patel | Sharad Patel | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy | Ishu Patel | Ashmit Patel | Viraf Patel | Shwetak Patel | Saurabh Patel | Sameer Iqbal Patel | Ramanbhai Patel | Priti Patel | Praful Patel | Patel Taylor | Patel Sudhakar Reddy (right), standing with People's War State committee secretary Ramakrishna | Pannalal Patel | Pankaj Patel | Neilesh Patel | Min Patel | Karsanbhai Patel | Eboo Patel | Dev Patel's | Chai Patel |