Advisory Board


Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Srivastava
Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Srivastava

Chairperson


Vice Chancellor, MSU

Prof. Amit Dholakia
Prof. Amit Dholakia

Director (Offg.)


Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, MSU | Former Registrar, MSU | Former Provost, GSFC University | Author of two books and several research publications Member, Academic Board and Research Committees in several universities

Dr. K. M. Chudasama
Dr. K. M. Chudasama

Member Secretary


Officiating Registrar, MSU | Associate Professor, Department of Economics, MSU | Published 3 books and more than 60 research papers | Former Deputy Director, Institute of Leadership & Governance, MSU | Awarded “National Maritime Award 2006-07” by Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India | Worked in the capacity of Principal, Dean and Member of Academic Council & Board of Governors

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) D.B. Shekatkar (Retd.), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) D.B. Shekatkar (Retd.), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Member


Chancellor, Sikkim Central University | In-charge of border security with China (in Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Myanmar and part of Bangladesh border during service | Served at the Army Headquarters as Additional Director General of Military Operations and as Director General of Perspective (Strategic) Planning | National President, Forum for Integrated National Security | M.Sc., M. Phil, & Ph.D. in Defence and Strategic Studies | Paul Harris Fellowship | Fellow at The Centre for Joint Warfare (CENJOWS) | Co-authored 16 books on Security, Terrorism, Internal Security and Intelligence

Dr. J. N. Singh, IAS (Retd.)
Dr. J. N. Singh, IAS (Retd.)

Member


Former Chief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat | Former Chairman of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemical Ltd, Gujarat State Fertilizers Corporation Ltd, Gujarat Narmada Fertilizers Corporation Ltd., Gujarat Gas Limited | Former Managing Director Gujarat State Petronet Limited | Former Chairman Gujarat Maritime Board | Former Textile Commissioner, Govt. of India | Alumnus of JNU | Ph.D. from MSU | Management graduate from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines

Ambassador Preeti Saran, IFS (Retd.)
Ambassador Preeti Saran, IFS (Retd.)

Member


Former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs | India’s former Ambassador to Vietnam and Consul General in Toronto, Canada | Member, United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Mentor, Vision India Foundation | Alumnus, Delhi University

Captain Alok Bansal (Retd.)
Captain Alok Bansal (Retd.)

Member


Formerly with Indian Navy | Director, India Foundation | Executive Director, South Asian Institute of Strategic Affairs | Former Senior Fellow, Centre for Land Warfare Studies | Former Director, National Maritime Foundation | Author of several books and research papers | M.Sc., M.Phil. Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University | Ph.D. from JNU

Dr. Dakshesh R. Thakar
Dr. Dakshesh R. Thakar

Member


OSD to Hon’ble Governor of Madhya Pradesh | Former Vice-Chancellor, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat | Eminent Gujarati Litterateur | Member of Board of Governance, Centre for Social Studies | Member of General Council, Gujarat National Law University | Member State Higher Education Council (SHEC) Daman & Diu | Member, Global Gujarati Madhyam Project Samiti

Prof. Manish
Prof. Manish

Member


Dean, School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat | Expertise in the areas of Indian foreign policy, Arms Control /Disarmament, Terrorism and South Asia | Former Fellow of the Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis | Former Officer on Special Duty with the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), Govt of India

Prof. Adhya Saxena
Prof. Adhya Saxena

Member


Dean, Faculty of Arts | Historian with interest in medieval South Asian history and maritime history of Western India | Director, Centre for Urban Studies, MSU | Currently heading the project on archiving, cataloguing and preserving of vernacular manuscripts of the Haribhaktis – the state financers of the Gaekwad State of Baroda

Prof. Lajwanti Chatani
Prof. Lajwanti Chatani

Member


Professor and former Head of the Department of Political Science, MSU | Former Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts | Convener of the Forum on Contemporary Theory | Joint Editor, Journal of Contemporary Theory

Dr. Jigar Inamdar
Dr. Jigar Inamdar

Member


Regional Director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Gujarat | Advisor & Former Hon. Executive Director, Institute of Leadership & Governance, MSU | Advisor at Trivenidevi Kashinath Agrawal Management Development Centre, MSU | Senate & Syndicate Member, MSU | M.A. & Ph.D. in Public Administration, LLB | Advocate Gujarat High Court

Shri Mukund Shah
Shri Mukund Shah

Member


Member of the Senate, MSU | Former member of the Syndicate, MSU | Business engagements with textiles and automobiles sectors | Social Worker

Shri Chirayu Pandit
Shri Chirayu Pandit

Member


Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic, MSU | Ex-Coordinator, Institute of Leadership & Governance, MSU | Deputy Director, Communication Cell, MSU