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| name             = Dilip Barot
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| citizenship    = [[United States of America]]
| residence      = [[West Palm Beach]], [[Florida]], [[USA]]
| ethnicity       = [[India]]n
| occupation   = Founder of Creative Choice Group
| alma_mater  = L.M.College of Pharmacy , Ahmedabad
| country         = [[India]]
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'''Dilip Barot''' is a well-known, Indian-born, American real estate entrepreneur. He is the founder of Creative Choice Group,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalrealestate.org/Profile/110741/Dilip-Barot |title=U.S. Based Investment and Development Companies}}</ref> a conglomerate of companies having interests in real estate development, investment, construction, asset management, and IT/ITeS.

Creative Choice Group’s core business activity is private real estate investment, development, and management. Mr. Dilip Barot also serves as President and CEO of several companies under the umbrella of Creative Choice Group (CCG), which span across the realms of development for multifamily residential, mixed-use, and commercial properties, investment management, and technology.  

Barot was also chosen for the U.S. Corporate Stewardship Small Business Award by the U.S. Chamber and U.S. Department of Commerce in 2004. His entrepreneurial story has been featured in leading national and international publications like Forbes magazine -- “Imported Entrepreneurs” <ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-17430886/imported-entrepreneurs |title=Imported entrepreneurs, Article from: Forbes, November 6, 1995, Millman, Joel}}</ref> and Reader’s Digest -- “Keepers of the Dream.”  

==Early Life and Education==
Dilip Barot was born in the District of Mehsana, Gujarat state, India. He earned a 4-year degree in Pharmacy from L.M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad, in India in 1981.  

==Career==
After completing his graduation, Barot immigrated to the United States of America in 1983. Soon, while waiting to get licensed as a pharmacist, he took up the job of managing a motel in New Jersey for an Indian owner. A year later, he purchased a motel in Palm Beach, Florida, which he renovated and managed himself. Within a few years, he bought six more motels with help from fellow Gujarati Indians. He used effective financing tactics to buy up an abandoned housing project in Key West and follo(contracted; show full)family housing complexes. In 2003, the group led by Dilip Barot, ventured into the IT/ITES domain and acquired, L.M.Berry Direct (formerly BellSouth’s contact center), which is now called Etech, USA. Etech is a leading business process outsourcer with centers in the U.S., India and Jamaica. Etech provides quality performance and services in all their inbound and outbound channels, as well as customer service and back office processes. Etech is a Tier One preferred provider for several Fortune 500 customers
  .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/197005387/top-100-global-services-companies.htm;jsessionid=aW0HiKr1v06ZNRb7KT-How**.ecappj03 |title=Top 100 Global Services Companies - By CRN }}</ref>. They are a certified member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and a Texas Historically Underutilized Business (HUB). The Group’s most recent venture into Telecommunications led to the founding of WiMax Broadband,LLC, a Florida Corporation. WiMax Broadband provides Broadband to rural and suburban areas and VoIP-based digital phone services across the United States of America.

Another ambitious project of Barot’s is Infocity  ,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRBLzIwMDYvMTAvMTgjQXIwMDIwMQ==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |title=US firm, Silverline Technologies join hands to set up IT towers }}</ref>, a 10-million-square foot project in India. The Infocity project is a world-class, mixed-use, self-sustained community being developed based on the concept of “A city within a city" and a 24/7 work culture. The project is developed in a prime location on 150 acres in the Greenest Capital City in the World – Gandhinagar in Gujarat, India. Infocity currently provides 4 million sq.ft. (with development plans for 10 million sq. ft.) of IT Built Up Space and Supporting infrastructure and services. Infocity has received the award for best-conceptualized IT Park in India.

Barot was also instrumental in the development of a luxury oceanfront spa and resort named Amrit Resorts and Residences  ,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/travel/escapes/06break1.html |title=Amrit Resort & Residences and Four Seasons Ocean Residences | work=The New York Times | first=Nick |last=Kaye |date=July 6, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/10/18/residential.spas/ |title=Bringing the spa experience home | work=CNN}}</ref>, spread across seven acres of land at Singer Island in Palm Beach, FL. Two authentic lifestyle partners, Aveda Group and the Himalayan Institute, were roped in to provide an authentic and luxurious lifestyle experience.  

==Positions==
Mr. Barot has served in the following roles:

* Mr. Barot has served in the following roles:
* President and CEO of Creative Choice Group, FL 
* Founder, Infocity, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinfocity.net/ |title= Dilip Barot - Chairman of InfoCity}}</ref>
* Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Etech (ETI) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etechgs.com/Dilip-Barot.aspx |title= Founder and Chief Strategy Officer - Etech}}</ref>
* Founder, Amrit Resorts & Residences <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amritresort.com/development.html |title=Development Team - Amrit Wellness Spa & Resort}}</ref>

==Awards and Achievements==
Barot has received the U.S. Corporate Stewardship Small Business Award by the U.S. Chamber and U.S. Department of Commerce in 2004. Under his aegis, the companies led by him have won several accolades and awards.  

===Creative Choice===
* Best Real Estate Development in the 5 star category in Florida, US. 
* Business of the Year by US Chamber of Commerce. 
* Best Conceptualized IT Park in India by Outsourcing2India. 
* Written about in Forbes, Reader's Digest, Wall Street Journal and many other prestigious publications.  

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