Amit Shah studied B. Arch. at Sarvajanik College of Engineering (SCET), Surat and M.Tech in in Construction & Project Management from CEPT University. He worked at Panora Infrastructure, Mumbai before joining HCP in 2006. Significant projects that he has worked on include the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar and Reliance Foundation Institute of Education and Research (RFIER).