NOTE: I had started writing the blog (https://pragatimateparishram.blogspot.ca/ ) in 2012, when I had the responsibility as the Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Ahmedabad.

GTU is the biggest university of Gujarat State and it caters to the entire field of engineering, pharmacy, management, architecture and  planning and hotel management. In each one of these fields, it offers Bachelor’s and Master’s programs and in the fields of engineering, pharmacy and management, it has research students, working for their doctorate. The total number of students is about 450,000 and the Faculty Members, associated with GTU may be about 20,000. About 480 Colleges are affiliated with GTU.  

GTU had opened its doors to the students in 2008. Two of the cohorts of students were admitted when the university was  managed first by the Commissioner of Technical Education, Government of Gujarat  for about one year and by the Principal of the largest and one of the most prestigious engineering colleges of the State as the Acting Vice-Chancellor for one year. Then in June 2010, I  was appointed as the first regular Vice-Chancellor of the University. it required a great deal of hard work by a team of academician and student-fellows, supported by admin personnel, to set up and manage the systems at the university. The team was soon able to build a high reputation for excellent work and the university established itself as the leader among technological universities of India in terms of new ideas and in many cases in terms of implementation of the new ideas. In Gujarat State, GTU came to be recognized as an innovative university. I, as its VC,  naturally took pride in the progress of GTU.  But the multi-dimensional work, required for the development of such a large university, working in more than 70 clearly-defined academic disciplines, took its toll in terms of the time, that GTU’s VC was required to invest. So  I could not find time to continue writing the blog. In fact six of the drafts, written at different occasions, could not be published.

Now I have retired after completing two terms of three years each as the VC.

Please see the following articles on

Using change Agents for offering high quality education

at Affiliating-type Universities

Improving the quality of education in India’s Technological Colleges 

Today’s Need 
                             Preparation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
                                                                                      by India’s Technological Colleges

Seats in Technological Colleges go abegging

                            vs Worldwide Shortage of Competent Engineers

at https://worldclassuniveduinindia.blogspot.ca/