Mr. Umesh Patel completed his schooling from Government primary school, Nandeli, Raigarh and moved to Bhopal for his higher secondary certification.
Ever since during his school days, he was keen towards science & technology and hence, he ended up getting graduated with Bachelors of Engineering in Information & Technology.
After he successfully nailed his engineering career, he worked as an IT professional in two of the top IT companies, Cap Gemini Hyderabad & HSBC America.

He encountered Chhattisgarh politics when he drastically lost his father and elder brother in Jheeram Ghati Naxal Attacks in 2013. This was the moment when he realized the virtue and value of life, his father was living for the people of Chhattisgarh.
And then, He decided to come into politics to serve the people of his father’s constituency. He filled nomination for 2013 election with a clear agenda of serving the constituency, which was his father Shaheed Nand Kumar Patel’s Karmbhoomi.

2018 was going to be another year of competition for Umesh Nandkumar Patel as after 5 years of journey in politics & leadership as Youth President of Chhattisgarh Congress Committee, it was the Assembly elections again.