The PU Leadership

Dr. Parul Patel

Dr. Parul Patel is a resilient administrator, Managing trustee and Vice President (Student Affairs & General Administration) and Chair Admissions Committee of Parul University whose tenderheartedness has allowed her to maintain close relations with the students while guiding them through their academic journey. She is the distinctive personality after which the trust & the University is named. Dr. Parul Patel holds M.D. in Organon from the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan and has served as Professor in Rajkot Homoeopathic Medical College for 8 years. Currently, she is the Chairperson, Admissions Committee of the University and Member, Governing Body of the University. She is also a Member of Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH), the Governing Body of homeopathic education and practice in India. Dr. Parul Patel personally guides over 8000 students each year for the admission process with compliance to the rules & regulations of Regulatory. She has worked rigorously on awareness campaigns through which over 15,000 students are enlightened regarding the admission process in Engineering, Paramedical, Management, other professional & non-professional courses across the state of Gujarat. Dr. Parul Patel also takes regular classes & viva-voce of students pursuing BHMS & MD at Parul University making them practice ready with her experience. Beyond her administrative role, she goes on to look after the overall welfare of the students along with ensuring their well-being, during their academic journey.

Dr. Geetika Patel

Dr Geetika Madan Patel, is a dedicated educationalist, a highly passionate doctor and an entrepreneur whose selfless and social centric nature has allowed her to make groundbreaking contributions to the scope of education, healthcare, and to the overall welfare of the society. Her commitment towards nurturing the young minds of India, has been made evident by her role and contributions as the Vice- President (Quality, Research & Health Sciences) at Parul University and Medical Director at Parul Sevashram Hospital. Before joining the fields of Academic and Medical administration, Dr. Geetika Patel completed her MBBS and MD in Community Medicine with a Gold Medal from the illustrious Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Her passion for medicine and her desire to push forward the global agenda for Universal healthcare in India, has allowed her to play a pivotal role in the establishment of numerous medical institutions & hospitals under Parul University. Her countless efforts have also been instrumental in expanding the health care campaigns of the Parul Arogya Seva Mandal Trust, beyond the boundaries of Gujarat State to the various States across the country. She is closely involved in the core administration of University academics and her efforts are always directed towards innovating and enhancing the teaching learning across various programs in the University. She holds a strong belief in the power of research for development, as a major drive behind any form of academic progression, and this belief has been manifested into a living reality, through an endless number of intramural and extramural research projects which have been conducted by the students and faculties of the University, along with an ever increasing number of grants and fellowships. Amongst her various roles in the University’s administration, she also closely supervises the Research & Development center at the University. With a deep interest in quality centric initiatives for teaching learning, her incessant efforts have helped the University attain an A++ ranking by the NAAC (National Assessment & Accreditation Council), right in the first cycle of its accreditation.

Dr. Geetika Patel firmly believes in the empowerment of women, and in recognition of her efforts in uplifting women across social and professional spheres, she stands as a recipient of the Women Eminence Award, in the Health category by Mantavya News. Her commitment to the field of healthcare in both service and academia has also resulted in her being granted the Medical Excellence Award by the India Prime Awards. Her efforts towards education have been greatly appreciated and she was felicitated amongst the prominent Women Edu-preneurs of Vadordara by the Times of India. She has taken various social initiatives resulting in the establishment of the Social Responsive Cell at Parul University which works in an array of social welfare campaigns including the fields of health, education and women development. Her contribution to the District, State and National healthcare, also resulted in her being awarded the Icons award in healthcare by Times of India. The untimely efforts of Dr. Geetika Patel, has resulted in novelty not only in research, but the nature and form of originality developed by every student who passes through her hands and guidance. With a motive to contribute professionally, she is a part of various national and state level organizations like Indian Chamber of Commerce (Healthcare committee), AHPI (Association of Healthcare Providers India – Gujarat Chapter), Voice of Healthcare and many more. With a deep thirst for innovation, she has recently founded a heath tech platform namely “Total Health Solutions” which is designed and developed as one of the largest and most comprehensive Digital health platform which puts together all healthcare services at place in a digital space.

Dr. Komal Patel

Dr.Komal Patel serves as Member of the Governing Body in the University and the University’s Medical Director and Vice President (Medical & Paramedical Health Sciences. She oversees smooth functioning of the University’s Ayurveda Hospital along with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Parul Sevashram Hospital and she is actively involved in establishing and developing surgical departments within the Hospital. She completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from a renowned Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad and she had been the recipient of Gold Medal for her exceptional performance in MBBS. She has also completed her post graduate studies in Gynecology and Obstetrics. She had worked as a Gynaecologist and Obstetrician in Parul Maternity Home in Baroda prior to joining Parul University. Under her dynamic leadership, hospitals attached to constituent institutes of Parul University viz., Parul Institute of Ayurved, Parul Institute of Homoeopathy and Research, Ahmedabad Homoeopathic Medical College and Parul Institute of Ayurved and Research have been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare (NABH). Parul University is the first educational campus in the State of Gujarat whose attached hospitals have earned this distinction. Dr.Komal Patel had a pivotal role to play in establishing state-of-the-art infrastructure and ensuring quality treatment to the patients in these hospitals thus, enabling them setting higher benchmarks in healthcare institutions and attaining NABH Accreditation. She firmly believes academics alone cannot prepare graduates of medical and paramedical filed unless their studies are adequately compensated by research and practical exposure. She was instrumental in signing of MOUs between Ahmedabad Homoeopathic Medical College, Jawaharlal Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy for collaboration in training and research projects. Her proactive involvement in promoting research activities has also led to many teachers in ayurved, homoeopathy, nursing, physiotherapy and pharmacy institutes to take up Ph.D studies. She believes that quality education is complemented by the inculcated through the values of passion for one to excel in any field, compassion for the poor and the needy, care for the fellow human beings and optimism in the face of adversities will definitely help budding students to succeed in their educational and professional endeavours.

Mr Dhruvil Shah

Turning aspirations into fulfilled careers while advancing future-forward innovation and redefining excellence in higher education at Parul University as the Chief Executive Officer, Director of Branding and PR and Dean of Student Welfare. From spearheading governmental and administrative initiatives that have positioned the University among the most elite institutions of India through attainment of the highest standard of accreditation and exceptional brand strategies and admission milestones that has led to a record of over 60,000 students. As part of the University’s expansion strategies, he has also played a pivotal role in the establishment of Parul University Goa, a leading campus under the umbrella of PU.
Beyond his professional experience with Parul University, Mr Shah is a true expression of the full circle nature of the University’s ever-lasting bonds. Beginning his journey from learning at Parul University as a BTech Computer Science Engineering student in the year 2008, to working at the University beginning as a lecturer, to growing to become one of the key administrative pillars that has been central to many of the milestone achievements made by the University over the years. He is one of the five founding members of the Parul University’s International Relations Cell, along with being a founding member of the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and he went on to formulate the University’s Cultural Affairs department, and finally established the Branding Department along with the Central Contact Center from the ground up.

With all these marks on his shoulders, Mr Dhruvil Shah’s impact has taken Parul University’s growth to greater heights, through his effective strategies in the branding, marketing and advertising sphere. He has also been pivotal in shaping the University’s infrastructural development, as well as the deployment of digital resources and infrastructure in both administrative and academic initiatives which played a crucial role in the digital transformation of the University during COVID-19, allowing the University to continue educating students even amidst the pandemic. Under his leadership, Parul University became the first industry leader in Education to successfully launch brand ambassador campaigns working with personalities such as Pratik Gandhi, Boman Hirani, Vaani Kapoor, that gave Parul University a significant market capital, and the University name became known across all corners of India. Today Parul University stands as one of the most preferred destinations of learning, with its unique student centered atmosphere, with the finest events and festivals which bring to the campus prominent figures and celebrities from across the country, all being brought to life through the efforts of Mr Shah and his team. His department has been crucial in developing highly innovative and larger than life videos and advertisements, along with marketing materials and its award winning prospectus, and the organizing of one of the grandest Convocation ceremonies of the country. He is a proud recipient of the most prestigious Times Employee of the Year Award by Times of India, in recognition of his innovative, passionate and highly unique strategies and exemplary mark in the industry.

Dr. Amit Ganatra

Dr. Amit Ganatra has been serving as the Provost of Parul University, Vadodara since August, 2022. Prior to that, he has served as the Dean, Faculty of Technology-CHARUSAT, Gujarat, he has held various academic positions, working as a Professor in Computer Engineering Department, Head, Computer Engineering Department at CSPIT, CHARUSAT, Principal of Devang Patel Institute of Advanced Technology & Research. He has been a member of Board of Studies (BOS), Faculty Board, Academic Council, Research Council and Governing Body for CHARUSAT and member of BOS for CHARUSAT, Gujarat Technological University (GTU), KSV, RRU, NIELIT, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Open University (BAOU), C.U. Shah University, BVM Autonomous Engineering College and Uka Tarsadia University among others. He was the founder head of CE and IT departments of CITC (now CSPIT) at CHARUSAT.

His areas of interest include Database Technologies, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Data Analytics, Data Science and Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Soft Computing, Object Oriented Concepts, Cloud Computing, System Software, IoT and Software Engineering. He is an active member of IEEE (Sr. Member), ACM and CSI Professional Society Chapters. He has 24+ years of teaching experience at UG level and concurrently 20+ years of teaching and research experience at the PG level. He is having good interests in teaching, research and administration. In addition, he has been involved in various research and consultancy projects for various funding agencies and industries.

He is having good research record, published, and contributed over 169 papers (as an Author and a Co-author) which were/are published in referred international journals and presented in various national and international conferences. He has supervised (guided) more than 150+ Industry Projects at graduate level and 100+Dissertations at Post Graduate level. 15 Ph. D Scholars have completed their Ph. D under his supervision and currently he is supervising (guiding) 08 Research Scholars at Ph.D. level and 02 scholars at Postdoc level.

He has visited so many foreign countries like Malaysia, Ghana-Africa, Thailand, UAE, Kuwait, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Maldives for participate and attend the various international conferences as well as presented the research papers. Dr. Amit Ganatra has completed research projects in collaboration with well-known industries and Government Bodies like an IoT Based Novel Approach to Test Quality of Water for Drinking and Irrigation. Grant-in-aid sanctioned by AICTE of INR 796000/- during May, 2019 to July, 2022. The Multi-Centric NTF project entitled “ An implementation research study on developing a high quality patient centric integrated model for emergency care systems in selected districts of India” sanctioned by ICMR on December 19, 2023 for 03 years. Sanction number is No.5/4-5/1/3/Eol- EmergencyCareSystem-Vadodara/2023-NCD- 1. The sanctioning amount for this project is Rs.2, 04, 64,207/- (Rupees Two Crore Four Lakh Sixty Four Thousand Two Hundred and Seven only).

Dr. Amit Ganatra has filled and published three patents and the details of these patents are:

Patent has been filed for “Frame-Bust Problem & Bust-Protective Algorithm” with The Patent Authority of India. (Ref. Number: 2248/RQ-MUM/2009, Application no.: 2057/MUM/2009).
Patent has been published for “ The System and Apparatus for Cardiosys for Revolutionizing IOMT” Application Number: 202321062410
Patent has been filed for “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Based Method for Recognizing Abnormal Activity in Vehicle” with The Intellectual Property India in 16th February, 2022. (Ref. Number: 202221008270, Application no.: TEMP/E-1/9347/2022- MUM).
Dr. Amit Ganatra awarded with “ACHIEVERS AWARD” for his great contribution in the field of Academics and Educational Management from Vice-Chancellor of Dharmsinh Desai University on 12 January, 2020.

Dr. Kunjal Sinha

With over 22 years of experience in academic leadership, quality assurance, and institution development, Dr. Kunjal Sinha has, in her career, has driven transformative initiatives in higher education through a rigorous combination of regulatory expertise and innovative program delivery. Dr. Sinha holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in management and has served as a Ph.D. Guide and Professor and has 16 publications to her name in prestigious journals such as SCOPUS, Web of Science, BADC, and UGC of Care. She has spearheaded the Continuing Education Program (CEP) at Parul University leading to an introduction of 250+ programs – spanning across several disciplines such as from Computer Science to Paramedical to Design. Under her leadership, the Center for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) was established, under which, through her unparalleled efforts in securing the UGC-DEB approval, 11 online learning programs and 28 Open Distance Learning programs were rolled out. The center has seen an enrolment of 9,600+ since 2023 with 80% retention rate. She has also been instrumental in development of a robust, in-house Learning Management System (LMS) and has guided the development of Digital Learning Resources for Open and Distance Learning Programs. In addition, she has created a widely recognized MOOC on Search Engine Optimization that is now hosted on the SWAYAM platform with 3000+ enrolled users.

Prof. Manish Pandya

Prof. Manish Pandya is a passion driven academician whose career and depth of technical expertise has inspired his far reaching passion for innovation in education. With his career spanning for over 19 years in the industry and in higher education, Prof. Pandya has worked in numerous professional and academic capacities which have all been collectively contributing to the development of the youth of Gujarat and the future innovators of India. He is current sitting as the Registrar of Parul University and has been actively working towards shaping the regulatory standards and compliance measures as an officer of the University. He holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Masters of Engineering in Industrial Electronics from the Maharaja Sayajirao University and is pursuing his Ph.D in a similar discipline from Gujarat Technology University.

He holds a passion and zeal for contributing to the academic knowledge bank through his numerous research exploits. He has shaped and developed his expertise and interests in the areas of industrial electronics and drives, power electronics, programmable logic controllers, electrical machines and wind energy conversion. He also worked on numerous industry consultancy projects which have generated a revenue of upto 20 lacs. In these fields, he has managed to enhance the scope of academics and has made significant developments which have brought solutions through newfound knowledge and imparting knowledge to the future generation. He holds under his name 20 research papers in notable journals and publications presented on national and international platforms. Further contributing to the scope of academics, he is also a published author whose texts on Industrial Electronics have contributed to the scope of engineering. With the same drive for research and innovation, Prof. Manish Pandya has been a facilitator of numerous learning platforms which have been imparting the necessary skill sets and competencies required for students and higher educational professionals to build their capacities. Further adding another feather to his professional cap, he is also a member of the Indian Society for Technical Education and the Society of Power Engineers. He continues to make efforts towards contributing to the scope of higher education through his current post of service at the University and aspires to create the ideal learning system which sets students on the trajectory of excellence in higher education.