Ahmedabad University

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.

AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY - AU

Ahmedabad University, established in July 2009 is promoted by theAhmedabad 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.”

POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

Establishment : In year 2000 by Ahmedabad Education SocietyDirector : Dr. Bhavesh Patel Affiliation : Autonomous AICTE approved InstituteCourse : Two year MBA program with six-trimesters and other short duration programsAchievement : First MBA Institute in Gujarat to have Grade A accreditation from

NAACFacilities : 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.

B.K. MAJUMDAR INTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Establishment : Set up in 1999 as a self-financed instituteDirector : Mrs. H.D. TrivediAffiliation : Ahmedabad UniversityCourse : -Three year B.B.A program

-Five year integrated MBA programAchievement :- Accredited with B++ Grade by NAAC

-Awarded with Ratnamani Research Excellence AwardFacilities : -state-of-the-art infrastructure

-Wi-Fi enabled classrooms -spacious and AV facility enabled classroom

H.L. INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE

Establishment : Set up in 1999 Director : Mr. Parag PatelAffiliation : Ahmedabad UniversityCourse : -Two year Master of Commerce

-Two year M.Phil. In Accountancy -Three year Bachelor of CommerceAchievement :- Accredited with B++ Grade by NAACFacilities : -Sports infrastructure with coaching facilities

-Air conditioned and AV facilities in classrooms and auditoriums -A fully automated library

Establishment : Set up in 2000Director : Mr. Bipin V. MehtaAffiliation : Ahmedabad University, approved by AICTECourse : - 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 IndiaFacilities : -State-of-the-art IT infrastructure

-Library with rich digital contents and e-books -Sports and hostel facility

AES INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES

Director : Prof. Alok DhawanAffiliation : Ahmedabad UniversityCourse : - 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

Establishment : 2011Joint Director : Vikram Singh ParmarAffiliation : Ahmedabad UniversityCourse : Six months full time fellowship programme Partners :- IIT-G, IIMA, NID and Centre for Design Research at Stanford UniversityObjectives :-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

Establishment : 2012Joint Director : Mr. Debashish NayakAffiliation : Ahmedabad UniversityCourse : - Masters Programme in Heritage ManagementPartners :- University of Valladolid, Spain and University of Ferrara, ItalyObjectives :- 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

Affiliation : Ahmedabad UniversityAim:- 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

AU – Board Of Management

Shri Prafull AnubhaiChairman

Dr. Amarlal H. KarloProvost

Prof. M. T. PatelDirector HLIC

Shri Kiran KarnikEx-PresidentNASSCOM

Shri Naishadh ParikhChairman & MDEquinox Solutions Ltd.

Shri Pankaj ChandraDirectorIIM Bangalore

Shri B. M. ShahRegistrar and Member Secretary

AU – Board Of Governors


Shri Sanjay LalbhaiChairmain & 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.


Shri Prafull AnubhaiAU – 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 ArchivesHe has 30 years of experience as a Chief Executive of Textile Manufacturing Operations and presently he is a Director in several leading companies


Dr. Amarlal H KarloAU – 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”.


Ms. Jayanthi Ravi, IASCommissioner, 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.


Dr. Mohan KaulDirector 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


Shri Naishadh ParikhChairman and MDEquinox 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.


Shri Pankaj PatelChairman & 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.


Dr. R. A. MashelkarFormer 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.


Shri Saurabh SoparkarSenior 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".


Shri Sudhir MehtaChairmanTorrent 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.


Shri B. M. ShahRegistrar 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.


Dr. Bhavesh PatelDeanAMSoM

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.