Ahmedabad: In an effort to promote public transport and vehicle-sharing, Gujarat Vidyapith is set to implement a vehicle-restricted zone on its campus. Following an internal survey among faculty, staff, and students regarding the use of private and public vehicles, the university has decided to create two separate parking lots for cars and two-wheelers near the back entrance. These new parking areas will replace the current designated and non-designated spaces used by staff and visitors acros...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Vidyapith has invited applications from persons who want to learn any of the languages listed here - Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Bengali, Sindhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, English, Arabian, Persian, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. Persons interested in learning any of these languages can apply before July 12. The academic activity will begin on July 15. DeshGujaratRead More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Vidyapith, a deemed university founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920, is set to introduce an internet radio station named 'Vaishnavjan – Spandan Gandhi Vichar Ke'. The station is set to be launched on March 12. In its initial phase, the radio channel will broadcast hour-long programs on Gandhian philosophy each morning. This channel aims to disseminate Gandhian principles to both the citizens of the nation and non-resident Indians. In another development, it is also learne...Read More

Gandhinagar: Dr. Harshad A Patel has been appointed as the 17th Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Viyapith. Chancellor and Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat made this appointment. Dr. Patel is presently the Trustee of Gujarat Vidyapith. He has been involved in the field of education for the last 25 years. He is Vice Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Teacher Education and also an inchrge Vice Chancellor of Children's University. A son of a farmer, Dr. Patel had connected over one and a half lakh ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Vidyapith has made revisions to its constitution to limit the number of trustees and the tenure of the chancellor. Under the amendments coming into effect last month, the Gujarat Vidyapith Governing Council (Mandal) reduced the maximum number of members (trustees) on its board from 25 to 17 and extended their terms from three to five years. The amendments also limited the chancellor's term, previously a lifetime position, to five years. The current Chancellor of the unive...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Vidyapith Trustee Board on Thursday approved a proposal to establish a national center dedicated to the preservation of India's indigenous cow breeds in Gujarat. This proposal was presented by Acharya Devvrat, the Gujarat governor and chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, during the fourth such board meeting held at renovated Kochrab Ashram in Paldi. Acharya Devvrat highlighted that the university, originally founded by Mahatma Gandhi, envisions fostering literacy and encoura...Read More

Gandhinagar: A liquor bottle was found from a room number 41 of Pran Jivan hostel in Gujarat Vidyapith. A room has been sealed by Vidyapith management at 11 pm on Augyst 7 due to recovery of liquor bottle from inside. The room was allocated to third year PhD student of History, Jignesh Katara. His admission has been cancelled by Vidyapith management. There was other person also in the room named Kalpesh Solanki when a liquor bottle was seized. He was from outside and staying in hostel, whi...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a meeting of Gujarat Vidyapith Mandal chaired by the Vice Chancellor and the State Governor Acharya Devvrat, a decision was taken to induct two new Trustees Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and Krishna Kulkarni. While Chudasama is former Gujarat minister and BJP leader, Krishna Kulkarni is member of Rajghat Samadhi Samiti and Mahatma Gandhi's 150 th birth anniversary celebration committee. DeshGujaratRead More

Amdavad: Gujarat Vidyapith decided to end the rule of mandatory hostel stay for the students on Monday in a meeting of the Gujarat Vidyapith trustee board. The Gujarat Vidyapith trustee board meeting was held at Raj Bhawan and was presided over by Gujarat governor Acharya Devvrat. It was decided in the meeting to cancel the rule of mandatory living in the hostel for all higher education students and make the hostel stay optional from the next academic year. The decision means that hostel l...Read More

Amdavad: Rajendra Khimani, vice-chancellor (VC) of Gujarat Vidyapeeth, resigned from his post yesterday. Governor Acharya Devvrat, who is also the Chancellor of Vidyapeeth, accepted the resignation. Professor, Bharat Joshi is appointed as the in-charge VC until a replacement for Khimani is appointed. The resignation comes after the legal tussle between Khimani and University Grants Commission (UGC). UGC had disputed Khimani's appointment as the VC but Khimani challenged the UGC's direction...Read More