Bhavnagar is a city and the headquarters of Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Gohil. It was the capital of Bhavnagar State,which was a princely state before it was merged into the Indian Union in February 1948.
Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU),commonly referred to as MG University,is a state owned public university headquartered in Kottayam in the state of Kerala,India. It was established on 2 October 1983 on Gandhi Jayanti day. Mahatma Gandhi University has been approved by University Grants Commission (UGC) and accredited (A++) by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India. The university has around 300 affiliated colleges spread over five districts in central Kerala.
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University,formerly Bhavnagar University or MKBU is a state university located in Bhavnagar city in the state of Gujarat in India. The university provides teaching and research programs in Arts,Commerce,Science,Medicine,Management,Rural Studies and Law Faculties.
Pondicherry University,also known as PU,is a central research university located in Kalapet,Pondicherry in Union Territory of Puducherry,India. It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 by the Department of Higher Education,Ministry of Education,Government of India. The Vice President of India is the Chancellor along with the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry acting as the Chief Rector and the President of India is the Visitor of the university. The university is a collegiate university with its jurisdiction spread over the Union Territory of Puducherry located in Tamil Nadu,Kerala (Mahé) and Andhra Pradesh (Yanam),and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The vast jurisdiction over three Union Territories namely gives the university a national character. The residents speak diverse languages such as English,Tamil,French,Telugu,Malayalam,Hindi,Bengali,Oriya,assamese,and Kannada.
Catholicate College,Pathanamthitta,established in 1952,is an institution of higher education at Pathanamthitta of Kerala,India. Catholicate College belongs to the first group of colleges in Kerala to receive academic accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In the fourth cycle of (NAAC) re-accreditation,the college has been re-accredited by NAAC in A++ grade with CGPA of 3.53. The college is owned by Malankara Orthodox Church,founded by Catholicos Moran Mar Baselios Geevarghese II. The college was originally planned by Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos,Metropolitan;it was founded in 1952,after his death,by Daniel Mar Philoxenos Metropolitan,who became the first principal of the college.
Nautam Bhagwanlal Bhatt was an Indian physicist born in Jamnagar,Gujarat. He was the founding Director Solid State Physics Laboratory,Delhi. Nautam was a recipient of Padma Shri Award for his contributions to "Science and Engineering".
Vellore A. R. Srinivasan is a classical Carnatic vocalist,percussionist and a Vaggeyakara. He is presently working as a Professor of Biochemistry at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College &Research Institute,Pondicherry,one of the constituent colleges of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth,a Deemed University accredited with A++ Grade by NAAC. Mahatma Gandhi Medical College &Research Institute figures among the top 50 medical colleges in the country,as per India rankings 2023,https://www.nirfindia.org/2023/UniversityRanking.html and https://www.nirfindia.org/2023/MedicalRanking.html >Prof. Srinivasan is also the Registrar of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth,one among the top 100 Universities in India,as per NIRF 2023{https://www.nirfindia.org/2023/UniversityRanking.html}.
Central University of Kashmir,formerly Central University of Jammu and Kashmir,is a central university located in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir,India. It has been established in March 2009 through an Act of Parliament,"The Central Universities Act,2009" by Govt. of India. The university started functioning from May 2009.
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV),also known as State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh,is a state university situated in Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India. It is a multi-campus affiliating,research university offering diploma,undergraduate,postgraduate,integrated,dual and doctoral courses in fields like engineering,technology,pharmacy,management,architecture,design and applied sciences. The university has been accredited with Grade ‘A’by NAAC.
Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU) is a public state university located in Purulia district of West Bengal,India. It was established under an Act of the West Bengal Legislature on April,2010. It offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses in liberal arts.
Nanabhai Bhatt was an Indian educator,writer,thinker and Indian independence activist. Bhatt was a contemporary of educators Gijubhai Badheka and Harbhai Trivedi. The three worked to advance rural education. Bhatt died on 31 December 1961. He has written a number of books on Indian Cultural Heritage which include Ramayana na Patro,Mahabharat Na Patro,Mahabharat Ni Akhyaikayo 1-2,Bhagawat kathao. Ghadatar and Chanatar is his autobiography.
Tirath Das Dogra is an Indian forensic pathologist and former Pro-Chancellor and vice-chancellor of SGT University,Budhera Gurgaon Haryana 2013–2017. He is a former director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi and an authority on forensic medicine. Dogra was a member of the Medical Council of India from December 2013 till its dissolution in September 2018. Dogra was President of National Medicos Organisation Delhi State from 2012 to 2017. He was a member of the TEQ-Equivalence committee and the Administration and Grievance committee of the Medical Council of India. He was a member of the Advisory committee on MOOC's program of University Grants Commission of India New Delhi. Dogra was emeritus professor of forensic medicine and forensic sciences,professor of Andragogy and educational philosophy and advisor,Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at SGT University Gurgaon till January 2022. Prof. T D Dogra is a member of the Rehabilitation Council of India.
Vijender Kumar is a professor of Law and currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University,Nagpur,a National Law University in Nagpur,Maharashtra,India. With his experience as a legal professional at Bar Council of India,and also as an Academic administrator in Indian legal realm,Kumar is regarded as one of the authorities on the subject of Family law in India.
NSS Hindu College,Changanassery is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education of Nair Service Society (NSS) was established in 1947 by Indian social reformer and freedom fighter Sri. Bharatha Kesari Mannathu Padmanabhan and is located on par with NSS Central Headquarters at Perunna,Changanassery. It is one of the sixteen Arts and Science colleges under the NSS and is the very first in terms of establishment. The college is affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University,Kerala and is re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC),an autonomous body of UGC with "A" grade. Its academics is a conglomerate of 14 Undergraduate,11 Postgraduate and 10 Doctoral programmes over various disciplines of Arts,Science and Commerce.
Ashok Chavda,also known by his pen name Bedil,is a Gujarati poet,writer and critic from Gujarat,India. His anthology of poetry,Dalkhi Thi Saav Chhutan (2012), was awarded the Yuva Puraskar by the Sahitya Akademi in 2013. His collection of known writings include Pagla Talaavma (2003),Pagarav Talaavma (2012),Tu Kahu Ke Tame (2012),Pityo Ashko (2012),Shabdoday (2012),and Ghazalistan (2012),which is a translation of Urdu ghazals written by Indian and Pakistani poets. He is also a recipient of the Yuva Gaurav Award (2012) from the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi,and the Dasi Jivan Award (2013–14) from the Government of Gujarat. He has appeared in several TV and radio programs on All India Radio and Doordarshan.
Hardwar Goswami is a Gujarati language poet,writer,and playwright from Gujarat,India. He wrote the poetry collection Hawa Ne Kinare (2005),and his poems have been published in several Gujarati magazines. He won the Yuva Gaurav Award in 2009 for his contributions to Gujarati poetry.
Vinod Joshi is an Indian poet,writer and literary critic in Gujarati language from Gujarat,India. His notable works include Parantu,a collection of Geet,Shikhandi,a long narrative poem based on Shikhandi,a character from the Mahābhārata,Radio Natak:Swarup ane Siddhant,Tundil-tundika,a form of padyavarta,a Gujarati medieval literary genre,and Zalar Vage Zoothadi,a collection of poems. He is the recipient of the Jayant Pathak Puraskar (1985),Critic's award (1986),Kavishwar Dalpatram Award (2013),Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (2015),Narsinh Mehta Award (2018),Kalapi Award (2018),Darshak Sahitya Sanman Award (2021),Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (2022) and Sahitya Akademi Award (2023).
Professor (Dr.) Sri Sri Sri Srikrishna Deva Rao is the Vice Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law,Hyderabad and a teacher and scholar in criminal law and access to justice.
Daksha Vijayshankar Pattani was a Gujarati academic and author from India. She was noted as a scholar on Mahatma Gandhi;her 1976 doctoral thesis on Gandhi's philosophy was later published in six volumes.
Pankaj S. Joshi is an Indian astrophysicist and cosmologist whose research is mainly focused on areas of gravitational collapse and spacetime singularity. He has published more than 225 research papers in national and international journals,and books and monographs on the subject. Currently,he is a Distinguished Professor of Physics,and founding director of the International Center for Space and Cosmology at Ahmedabad University.
