About Us The Gujarat University was conceived in the nineteen twenties in the minds of public-spirited and learned men like Gandhiji Sardar Patel Acharya Anandshankar B Dhruva Dada Saheb Mavlankar Kasturbhai Lalbhai and many others However the University could come into existence only after the achievement of independence In the University was incorporated under the Gujarat University Act of the State Government as a teaching and affiliating University This was done as a measure of decentralisation and reorganization of University education in the then Province of Bombay During the course of its life of more than five decades the University has seen the establishment of seven more Universities which were carved out of the jurisdiction of the Gujarat University viz Sardar Patel University Saurashtra University Bhavnagar University South Gujarat University Gujarat Ayurveda University Gujarat Agricultural University and North Gujarat University Even then the Gujarat University is the largest university in the state catering Read More