The Gujarat University is a

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located at

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

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. The university is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the postgraduate level. It is accredited B++ by NAAC. It was established in 23rd November 1949.

History

Many leaders like

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

Sardar Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (; ; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar, was an Indian lawyer, influential political leader, barrister and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of I ...

Anandshankar Dhruv Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Gujarat, India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Achary ...

, Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar and

Kasturbhai Lalbhai Kasturbhai Lalbhai (19 December 1894 – 20 January 1980) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He co-founded the Arvind Mills along with his brothers and several other institutes. He was a cofounder of the Ahmadabad Education Soci ...

recommended formation of the university in the 1920s, and the university was established soon after the

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. Gujarat University was evolved out of

Ahmedabad Education Society Ahmadabad Education Society is a premier educational trust, which has founded many schools and colleges in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.Ahmedabad, 1958 by Kapilray M. Mehta - Page 233 One of the largest academic trusts in Gujarat, consisting of 25 ...

, a major educational organisation of Gujarat then. Gujarat University was formed under the Gujarat University Act of the

Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary ...

in 1949 as a teaching and affiliating university. It was established under the recommendation of a committee headed by Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar for rearrangement of university education in

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. Many universities were established later which resulted in decrease in jurisdiction of Gujarat University. It is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching one at the post-graduate level. Close to 300,000 students study at university in the courses, faculties and affiliated institutes. The university caters for external as well as enrolled students. Affiliates include 285 colleges, 35 approved institutions and 20 recognised institutions, as of 2014. Gujarat University Ranks 1st in Gujarat and 26th in India for the "Public State Universities" under the prestigious Outlook-ICare India University Ranking 2019. Gujarat University Tower Building

Organisation of the university is based on the Gujarat University Act, 1949.

Campus

The campus of the university, located in the

Navarangpura Navarangpura, also spelled Navrangpura, is an area in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. Educational and research institutions The following well known educational and research institutions are located in Navarangpura: * Ahmedabad Te ...

area of

, is spread over . Affiliated colleges and institutes are spread across the

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mu ...

Kheda district Kheda District is one of the thirty-three districts of Gujarat state in western India. Its central city, Kheda, is the administrative headquarters of the district. History Formerly known as Kaira district, it was divided in two with the sou ...

(excluding the limits of

Vallabh Vidyanagar Vallabh Vidyanagar, also known as V.V.Nagar, is a town and a municipality in Anand district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located between Ahmedabad and Vadodara, from the town of Anand. V.V.Nagar is renowned as an educational hub of Guj ...

in Anand Taluka and the area with a radius of from the office of

Sardar Patel University Sardar Patel University (SPU) is a public state university in Vallabh Vidyanagar, a town Gujarat, India. It is named after the iron man of India Vallabhbhai Patel, and was founded in October 1955 by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the then ...

Academics

Rankings

* Gujarat University has successfully achieved First rank (5 Star) in the Gujarat State Institutional Rating Framework (GSIRF) for the academic year 2020-21. * Gujarat University Ranks 1st in Gujarat and 26th in India for the "Public State Universities" under the prestigious Outlook-ICARE India University Rankings 2021 * The

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(NIRF) ranked Gujarat University 60th overall in India and 44th among universities in 2020 * The

(NIRF) ranked Gujarat University 62nd overall in India and 43rd among universities in 2021.

Awards

Gujarat University has received the University Level National Service Scheme Award (2016–17) by

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Student life

In March 2012, the university started a campus radio service named GURU on 90.8 MHz, which was first kind of it in the state of

and fifth in

Notable alumni and faculties

* Pranav Mistry (born 1981), Indian computer scientist and inventor. *

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. *

Mallika Sarabhai Mallika Sarabhai (born 9 May 1954) is an activist and Indian classical dancer and actress from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of a classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchip ...

, Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer * Sudhir Mehta, Chairman,

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Ashis Nandy Ashis Nandy ( bn, আশিস নন্দী; born 13 May 1937) is an Indian political psychologist, social theorist, and critic. A trained clinical psychologist, Nandy has provided theoretical critiques of European colonialism, developme ...

, Political psychologist and

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, neuroanatomist *

Pankaj Patel Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel (born 1952/1953) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Zydus Lifesciences, the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in India. Early life Pankaj Patel is a Gujarati. Patel holds Bachelor of Pharmacy and ...

, CEO of

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, Billiard, BKS *

Haren Pandya Haren Pandya was the Home Minister of Gujarat in India. He was allegedly murdered in 2003 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, when he was sitting in his car (the place of his murder is contentious), after a morning walk in the Law Garden area in Ahmedabad. ...

, former Home Minister of Gujarat *

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, Chairman,

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Harin Pathak Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Phatak was denied a tick ...

, former MP from Ahmedabad East * Praful Bhavsar, director, Space Applications Center,

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* B. M. Choudary, inorganic chemist,

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laureate *

Bhupendra Nath Goswami Bhupendra Nath Goswami (born 1950) is an Indian meteorologist, climatologist, a former director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). and a Pisharoty Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research. He ...

, climatologist * Rengaswamy Ramesh, geophysicist *

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, geologist * Himanshu Pandya, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University *

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, Indian Space Scientist *

Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi (A. M. Ahmadi) (born 25 March 1932) was the 26th Chief Justice of India. After serving as a judge in the Gujarat High Court, Ahmadi was appointed judge to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was then elevated to the post of Chie ...

, 26th Chief Justice of India *

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* Tejas Patel, cardiologist,

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Mahipatsinh Chavda Mahipatsinh Chavda (born 10 February 1967) is an Indian academic from Gujarat, India. Early life and education Mahipatsinh Chavda was born on 10 February 1967 to Ramuba and Dansinh Chavda in Pachhegam village ( Bhavnagar). His family belongs t ...

, Academic *

Abhijat Joshi Abhijat Joshi (born 1 December 1969) is an Indian screenwriter, film director, producer and editor who works in Hindi cinema. His is known for collaboration with Vinod Chopra Productions and director Rajkumar Hirani, as the screenwriter for ...

, Screenwriter *

Raghuveer Chaudhari Raghuveer ChaudhariSpelling of name is based on his signaturArchived herOther alternative spellings are Raghuvir Chaudhary and Raghuvir Chaudhari. is a novelist, poet and critic from Gujarat, India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerou ...

, Novelist *

Saumya Joshi Saumya Joshi is an Indian poet, writer, playwright, director and actor associated with Gujarati language literature, theatre and films. He is known in Gujarati theatre for his plays ''Welcome Zindagi'' and ''102 Not Out''. ''Greenroomma'' (2008; ...

, Poet *Piyush Patel, Registrar, Gujarat University

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