Ahmedabad University is situated in Ahmedabad,Gujarat-India. It aims at giving global education at local cost, context and ethos. The presentation focuses on the starting of AU, colleges and schools affiliated to it and the board of governors of AU. This presentation aims to familiarize AU among students.

1. AHMEDABAD EDUCATION SOCIETY
Ahmedabad Education Society was established in 1935.
The society was established under the leadership of Ganesh Mavalankar
,Kasturbhai Lalbhai and Amritlal Hargovandas, who pooled in their money,
resources and influence under inspiration Sardar Vallabhai Patel, who felt there
was an urgent need to develop Gujarat in the education front, as an extension of
freedom struggle. In 1937 the society started its first college named Lalbhai
Dalpatbhai Arts College followed by Hargovinddas Lakshmichand College of
Commerce and later went on start colleges in every field like science, commerce,
pharmacy, engineering, architecture, management, etc.
In 2009 AES founded Ahmedabad University.

2. AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY - AU
Ahmedabad University, established in July 2009 is
promoted by the
Ahmedabad Education Society (AES).
The University today offers undergraduate and
postgraduate programmes that are at par with the
international standards of educational excellence.
The University strives to provide professional,
contemporary and career orientededucation that
is rooted in Indian ethos. Through various
coursesand programmes, the University continues
to provide “Global Education at local cost,
context and ethos.”

3. POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
Establishment : In year 2000 by Ahmedabad Education Society
Director : Dr. Bhavesh Patel
Affiliation : Autonomous AICTE approved Institute
Course : Two year MBA program with six-trimesters and other short duration
programs
Achievement : First MBA Institute in Gujarat to have Grade A accreditation from
NAAC
Facilities : a Wi-Fi campus, computational facilities, up-to-date library with on-
shelf and on-line resources, service-oriented non-teaching staff and
faculty with industry and academic experience.

4. B.K. MAJUMDAR INTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Establishment : Set up in 1999 as a self-financed institute
Director : Mrs. H.D. Trivedi
Affiliation : Ahmedabad University
Course : -Three year B.B.A program
-Five year integrated MBA program
Achievement :- Accredited with B++ Grade by NAAC
-Awarded with Ratnamani Research Excellence Award
Facilities : -state-of-the-art infrastructure
-Wi-Fi enabled classrooms
-spacious and AV facility enabled classroom

5. H.L. INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE
Establishment : Set up in 1999
Director : Mr. Parag Patel
Affiliation : Ahmedabad University
Course : -Two year Master of Commerce
-Two year M.Phil. In Accountancy
-Three year Bachelor of Commerce
Achievement :- Accredited with B++ Grade by NAAC
Facilities : -Sports infrastructure with coaching facilities
-Air conditioned and AV facilities in classrooms and auditoriums
-A fully automated library

6. Establishment : Set up in 2000
Director : Mr. Bipin V. Mehta
Affiliation : Ahmedabad University, approved by AICTE
Course : - Five years Integrated Dual Degree MCA programme
- Three years MCA programmes for Graduates and Two years MCA
programme
Achievement :- AESICS-CSI Student Branch awarded with “Best CSI Student Branch
Award 2011-12” of Computer Society of India
Facilities : -State-of-the-art IT infrastructure
-Library with rich digital contents and e-books
-Sports and hostel facility
AES INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES

7. Director : Prof. Alok Dhawan
Affiliation : Ahmedabad University
Course : - Five years Integrated M.Sc.
- M. Pharm.
- Ph. D. Life Sciences and Pharmacy
- Two years Masters in Life Sciences
Achievement :- Research Partnership with national and internationally renowned
institutes
Facilities : -Centre for Excellence in Flow Cytometry, Silico technologies
-Centre for Nanotechnology Research and Applications
-Cell Culture, Microscopic and Storage facility
INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCE

8. Establishment : 2011
Joint Director : Vikram Singh Parmar
Affiliation : Ahmedabad University
Course : Six months full time fellowship programme
Partners :- IIT-G, IIMA, NID and Centre for Design Research at Stanford University
Objectives :-To nurture young entrepreneurs and innovators transform ideas into
innovative products
- Connect venture teams to relevant venture capitalist
- To encourage entrepreneurship and venture creation at a national
level.
VENTURE STUDIO

9. Establishment : 2012
Joint Director : Mr. Debashish Nayak
Affiliation : Ahmedabad University
Course : - Masters Programme in Heritage Management
Partners :- University of Valladolid, Spain and University of Ferrara, Italy
Objectives :- Designing and offering varied programmes in heritage management
- Provide consultancy services
- Initiate international collaboration worldwide with heritage
management practitioners and institutes
CENTRE FOR HERITAGE MANAGEMENT

10. Affiliation : Ahmedabad University
Aim:- To provide appropriate education required to prove their efficiency in the
society
- To make them familiar with their inborn efficiency and utilize it for one’s
own betterment.
Objectives :- Imparting Scientific education and Creating a cadre of visually
impaired physiotherapists who have “value” in the market due to their training.
PHYSIOTHERAPY COLLEGE FOR BLINDS

11. AU – Board Of Management
Shri Prafull Anubhai
Chairman
Dr. Amarlal H. Karlo
Provost
Prof. M. T. Patel
Director HLIC
Shri Kiran Karnik
Ex-President
NASSCOM
Shri Naishadh Parikh
Chairman & MD
Equinox Solutions Ltd.
Shri Pankaj Chandra
Director
IIM Bangalore
Shri B. M. Shah
Registrar and Member
Secretary

12. AU – Board Of Governors

13. AU – Board Of Governors
Shri Sanjay Lalbhai
Chairmain & MD Arvind Ltd.
 Mr. Sanjay Lalbhai is the chairman and managing director, Arvind
Limited,(formerly the Arvind Mills Ltd.) a large integrated textile mill, a company
presiding over the businesses of textiles, clothing, and infrastructure
development.
 He is presiding over the operations of all the textile and clothing actitivies of
the Lalbhai Group.
 Mr Lalbhai is on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad.
 He is also the president of Ahmedabad Education Society, presiding over a
number of well known educational institutions, in Gujarat.
Mr. Lalbhai is the chairman of ATIRA's (Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research
Association) Council of Administration.

14. AU – Board Of Governors
Shri Prafull Anubhai
AU – Chairmain of Board of Management
 Mr. Prafull Anubhai is an educationist and a corporate advisor
 He is member of governing Council of AES and has been associated with IIMA
for the last more than 40 years
 He is actively associated with organizing the best and the longest festival of
Indian classical music – Saptak Annual Festival. Currently, he is also the Hon.
Director of Saptak Archives
He has 30 years of experience as a Chief Executive of Textile Manufacturing
Operations and presently he is a Director in several leading companies

15. AU – Board Of Governors
Dr. Amarlal H Karlo
AU – Provost
 Dr. Kalro is a recipient of several scholastic and teaching excellence awards.
 His research publications are in the areas of OR modeling, inventory
management, organization behaviour, irrigation and water management,
management of educational institutions and institution building in reputed
International and Indian Journals.
 Dr. Kalro was presented “The Life Time Achievement Award” by The Indian
Society of Operations Management in December, 2006, and awards from
Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad (February 2007) and School
of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (April 2009) for his “Contributions to
Management”.

16. AU – Board Of Governors
Ms. Jayanthi Ravi, IAS
Commissioner, Higher Education
Govt. of Gujarat
 Ms. Jayanti Ravi is an alumnus of the London School of Economics.
 he has graduated from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University.
 She has been invited to teach as an independent faculty at World Class
Institutions like Harvard University
 Being an IAS Officer, she is currently posted as Commissioner Higher Education
in the Government of Gujarat.

17. AU – Board Of Governors
Dr. Mohan Kaul
Director General and CFO
Commonwealth Business School of London
 Dr. Mohan Kaul was appointed the Director-General and Chief Executive
Officer of the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) on its establishment by the
Commonwealth Heads of Government in Edinburgh in October 1997
 He is a firm believer in making globalization work for all and leads a number of
high-level initiatives targeted at investment promotion and strengthening the
investment climate, good governance and corporate social responsibility.
His focus has been on building Public Private Partnerships, reducing the digital
divide, WTO market access and trade facilitation and integration of developing
countries into the global market

18. AU – Board Of Governors
Shri Naishadh Parikh
Chairman and MD
Equinox Solutions Ltd.
 Mr. Naishadh Parikh, an MBA, is Chairman & MD of Equinox Solutions Ltd.
 He is on the Board of AES as also on the Governing Council of CEPT University
and Ahmedabad Universtiy.
 He is a member of ATIRA Council of Administration and an ex-Chairman of CII
for 1992-93 & 93-94.

19. AU – Board Of Governors
Shri Pankaj Patel
Chairman & MD
Cadila Healthcare Ltd.
 He is currently the President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance and the
Chairman of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
Gujarat State Council.
 He is the Executive Chairman, Vice President and Trustee of the Gujarat
Cancer Society and Chairman of the Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute.

20. AU – Board Of Governors
Dr. R. A. Mashelkar
Former Director General
CSIR
 He is the former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research (CSIR) a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and
development institutions in India.
 Dr. Mashelkar is presently the president of Global Research Alliance, a network
of publicly funded research and development institutes from Asia-Pacific, South
Africa, Europe and USA with over 60,000 scientists.
 He is also the President of India's National Innovation Foundation.
He is deeply committed to championing the cause of the developing world.

21. AU – Board Of Governors
Shri Saurabh Soparkar
Senior Advocate
Gujarat High Court
 Shri Saurabh Natwarlal Soparkar is a Senior Advocate practicing in the High
Court of Gujarat and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad.
 Had been standing counsel for the Income Tax Dept for three years from 1986-
89.
 Contributed papers at various residential seminars conducted by ICAI, BCA etc.
 Shri Soparkar is a Visiting Professor at IIM Ahmedabad on the subject of
"Corporate Tax Planning" and "Legal Aspects of Business".

22. AU – Board Of Governors
Shri Sudhir Mehta
Chairman
Torrent Group
 Shri Sudhir Mehta is the Chairman of the Rs. 8200 cr Torrent Group.
 It was his visionary foresight and enterprising zeal that steered the Group
from its early days as a generic pharma manufacturer to its current dominant
position in the Indian power and pharma sectors.
 As an individual, Mr. Mehta strikes a fine balance between his entrepreneurial
involvement, social responsibility and philanthropic activities.
Mr. Mehta is also closely associated with various organizations, both
professional and social.

23. AU – Board Of Governors
Shri B. M. Shah
Registrar and Member Secretary
 Member of the Fee Regulatory Committee since 2005, set up under the
directive of Supreme Court and by the Government of Gujarat.
 Worked in various capacities in the committees of WIRC Ahmedabad branch.
 Was member of Expert Advisory Committee of ICAI, New Delhi during 2005-06
and member of Financial Reporting Review Group (Ahmedabad) for 2008-09.
 Mr. Shah has 34 years of experience as the Head – Finance and IT Systems of
Arvind Mills.

24. AU – Board Of Governors
Dr. Bhavesh Patel
Dean
AMSoM
 Dr. Bhavesh Patel is the Dean of Amrut Mody School of Management and the
Director of Post Graduate Institute of Management, Ahmedabad University
 He has worked for fifteen years at XLRI, Jamshedpur, in the finance
department before he moved to USA, where he worked for brief time in industry.
He took up teaching at California State University, Stanislaus, in 2001 and later
joined Myers University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 2002.
He returned to India and joined the School of Petroleum Management, Pandit
Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, as the Director in April
2009.
 He was selected as a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar from USA and
undertook his research at the University of Balamand, Lebanon.
Moreover, out of the ten refereed journals published by IABE, USA, he is the
Managing Editor of three.