Amruta Fadnavis

Fadnavis was born, as Amruta Ranade on 9 April 1979 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, to Sharad Ranade, an ophthalmologist and Charulata Ranade, a gynaecologist. She grew up in a household where education and independence for women was essential. She initially studied at St. Joseph Convent School, Nagpur. She was a state level under 16 tennis player. She graduated from G.S. College of Commerce and Economics, Nagpur. Later she pursued MBA in finance and studied taxation laws from Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Along with studies she also participated in sports.

Fadnavis started her career with Axis Bank as Executive Cashier in 2003 and subsequently headed Axis Bank business branch in Nagpur.

Amruta married Devendra Fadnavis in December 2005. They have a daughter named Divija Fadnavis.

As a banker, she has worked with Axis Bank since last 17 years. She joined as Executive cashier and currently works as Vice-President – Corporate Head West India, Transaction Banking Department. She shifted to the corporate office at Worli, Mumbai in January 2015 and continued working with Axis bank even after her husband became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

She led the delegation to Manasarovar to promote Indo-Chinese peace in 2015.

Fadnavis took the biggest initiative on International Yoga Day-2017, in which 650 children of the suicide victim farmers were called to celebrate Yoga day Knowing that Yoga and Meditation will help the children to relieve their stress and would ultimately lead to the betterment of their health, Fadnavis wisely arranged this yoga session for the children. This event was initiated by Divyaj Foundation an NGO concerned with social utility programs. Fadnavis even promoted education and betterment of health through this event. She also emphasised on ‘Women Empowerment’ & ‘Development of Rural India’ with the aim of effective social change. In 2018, she again organised International Yoga Day programme for street children and the children of deceased farmers which was supported by Shri Nana Patekar, Shree Shailesh Lodha & the inspirational Drum Cafe session.

In October 2018, Ms. Fadnavis attended the inaugural voyage of India's first luxury cruise liner 'Angriya'. She was criticised after a video of her sitting on the edge of the vessel risking her life to take a selfie was released online. Fadnavis purportedly ignored multiple requests from security personnel to return to the safe areas of the vessel. She later issued an apology for setting a bad example for the youth by taking undue risks to take a selfie.

Rooted as an initiative of Fadanvis who believes in creating new opportunities, 'Mitti Ke Sitare' is a project of Divyaj Foundation. It is a talent hunt reality show for underprivileged children between the age 7–15. The children who are unable to realise their dreams due to poverty and lack of resources, despite having talent will be selected from 1187 BMC schools. The show will act as a launching pad for the children with a talent in music and singing. First round of auditions was taken for about 2500 entries received of the children. Of these 600 were shortlisted for second round. Of which 56 are going to appear in the third round on 27 February 2019 as of now. Lastly Top 20–30 children will be trained for the grand finale. The project's objective is to bring out the hidden talent of the children to aid them in shaping their personalities and find better future opportunities. This project is for the betterment of the society and its children as a whole.

In September 2019, she was in a controversy for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the father of the country.