Saurashtra University

Saurashtra University, established on 23rd May, 1967, is situated in Rajkot city of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat State. The campus of the University is spread over 360 acres of land. The jurisdiction of the University includes Amreli, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Rajkot,Surendranagar,Morbi,Gir Somnath and Dwarka districts. It has 28 Post graduate Departments on its campus and 297 affiliated colleges.

The University vision “To be at the vanguard of knowledge in the domain of higher learning and achieve the highest global standards,” Beside this, the University and colleges are facing challenges in focusing their priorities for availability of service delivery and industrial oriented syllabus, ensuring the valuable campus environment. The society will be benefited by research and development activities and adoption in technology, quality in teaching, learning process, efficiency in administration, evaluation process, information kiosks and content development. Mission of the university is:

• To achieve excellence in teaching and research.
• To empower learners in achieving their professional goals.
• To strengthen educational-professional interface.
• To contribute in building the society and the nation.
• To Improve the quality of life in harmony with our heritage culture and environement.
• To relate learning with the highest human values.

In order to promote excellence in research in higher education Saurashtra University, Rajkot has instituted Professor Dolarrai Mankad Award for Excellence in Research in the memory of its first Vice Chancellor. Consequent upon it, original research papers published in the year 2008-09 on the subjects as shown below by the researchers of Universities and Colleges situated in Gujarat State for the award of Prizes of the Professor Dollarrai Mankad Award for Excellence in Research.