Academic Council

Notification (25-11-2025)

It is hereby notified that, as per the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2023, and Gujarat Vidyapith Rules 2024, following shall be the members of the Academic Council effective from Dt. 10-05-2024 to 09-05-2027.

Sr. No.	Name and Details	Designation
01	Vice-Chancellor	Chairperson
02	Deans of Faculties
	Dean, Faculty of Languages and Literature	Member
	Dean, Faculty of Social Science	Member
	Dean, Faculty of Education	Member
	Dean, Faculty of Professional Studies	Member
	Dean, Faculty of Physical Education	Member
	Dean, Faculty of Science	Member
	Dean, Faculty of Information, Communication and Technology	Member
	Dean, Faculty of Management and Commerce	Member
03	Heads of the Departments
	Head, Department of Gujarati	Member
	Head, Department of Hindi	Member
	Head, Department of English	Member
	Head, Department of Rural Economics	Member
	Head, Department of History and Culture	Member
	Head, Department of Sociology	Member
	Head, Department of Gandhian Studies	Member
	Head, Department of Social Work and Rural Development	Member
	Head, Department of Education	Member
	Head, Department of Yoga	Member
	Head, Department of Physical Education	Member
	Head, Department of Microbiology	Member
	Head, Department of Food and Nutrition	Member
	Head, Department of Computer Science	Member
	Head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication	Member
	Head, Department of Library and Information Science	Member
	Head, Department of Rural Management	Member
	Head, Department of Commerce	Member
04	Professors (excluding Deans and Heads of Departments) by rotation to benominated by the Vice-Chancellor
	Dr. Jignesh Patel, Department of Education	Member
	Dr. Dhiren Patel, Department of Computer Science	Member
05	Associate Professors from Departments, other than Heads of Departments or Centers, by rotatio, to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor
	Dr. Nimesh Chaudhari, Department of Physical Education	Member
06	Associate Professors from Departments, other than Heads of Departments or Centers, by rotatio, to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor
	Dr. Hitesh Jagani, Department of Social Work & Rural Management	Member
07	Six persons of repute for amongst the educationist of experts of their specialized knowledge, who are not in the service of the Gujarat Vidyapith, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor.
	Dr. C. B. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, Vinoba Bhave University, Jharkhand	Member
	Prof. Anil Gupta, Visiting Faculty, IIM Ahmedabad	Member
	Dr. Bhadrayu Vachchrajani, Former Vice-Chancellor, Lok Bharati University	Member
	Prof. Shashikala Wanjari, Vice-Chancellor, NIEPA, New Delhi	Member
	Dr. Sanjay Chaudhari, Professor & Associate Dean, Ahmedabad University	Member
	Dr. Devika Madalli, Director, INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar	Member
08	Registrar	Secretary (Ex-officio)

Note

Representation of different categories shall be through rotation and not through election. The term of members (other than ex-officio members) shall be three years. The Controller of Examination shall be a permanent invitee to the meetings of the Academic Council.