AURO Authorities
The Governing Body
The Governing Body ensures that the Vision, Mission and Values of the University are always upheld. The Board is also responsible for the future planning and development of the University as it continues to grow and expand.
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Hon’ble Shri H.P. Rama
Founder President, AURO University
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Prof. Parimal H. Vyas
Provost, AURO University
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Shri D. J. Rama
President, Auro Hotels, USA
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Mr. Suresh Mathur
Chief Operating Officer, Auro Hotels
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Prof. R Vaidyanathan
Rtd. Professor, IIM Bangalore
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Dr. Ajay Ranka
Chairman & MD, Zydex Industries, Vadodara
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Dr. Kiran Singh
Director-Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Centre
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Mr. Sanjiv Mehta
Advisor & Head – Program Development
IBM Innovation Center for Education
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Mr. Nayan Banker
Chief Financial Officer, Auro Hotels
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Dr. Susan Pfau (Radhe)
La Grace – Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Centre, USA
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Mr. S. B. Dangayach
Industrialist, Former MD Sintex Industries Ltd., Ahmedabad
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Shri Mukesh Kumar
Principal Secretary, Higher & Technical Education, Government of Gujarat
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Prof. Amreesh Misra
Registrar, AURO University
Auro Board of Management
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Hon’ble Shri H.P. Rama
Founder President, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Prof. Parimal H. Vyas
Provost, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Mr. Suresh Mathur
Chief Operating Officer, Auro Hotels
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Mr. Nayan Banker
Chief Financial Officer, Auro Hotels
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Mr. Parag Shah
Industrialist
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Mr. Sanjiv Shah
Industrialist
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Dr. Rajan Welukar
Vice Chancellor, Atlas Skilltech University, Mumbai
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Dr. Monika Suri
Associate Dean-Academics, AURO University
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Dr. Vrushti Patel
Assistant Professor, School of Law, AURO University
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Dr. Papri Das
Associate Professor, School of Information Technology
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Dr. Kiran Singh
Assistant Professor-School of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences, AURO University
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Prof. Amreesh Misra
Registrar, AURO University
The Academic Council
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Hon'ble Sri Hasmukh (H.P.) Rama
Founder President, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Mr. Suresh Mathur
Chief Operating Officer, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Mr. Nayan Banker
Chief Financial Officer, JHM Hotels, Surat, Gujarat
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Ms. Jyotiben Thanki
Educationist Director, Children University, Prenatal Education, Tapovan Scheme Gandhinagar
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Prof. Sharad Joshi
Ex-Pro Vice Chancellor, M S University, Vadodara, Gujarat
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Dr. Monika Suri
Associate Professor, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Dr. Kiran Singh
Director-Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center (SAILC)
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Dr. Shilpi Sharma
Associate Professor and I/c Head of School of Law, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Mr. Vimal Shukla
Associate Professor, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Mr. Avinash Engineer
Associate Professor, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Dr. Papri Das
Assistant Professor, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Dr. Dhaarna Singh Rathore
Assistant Professor, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Dr. Sumedh Lokhande
Assistant Professor, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Ms. Prerna Dahiwade
Controller of the Examinations, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
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Prof Amreesh Misra
Registrar, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat
BOARD OF STUDIES
School of Business
Dr Gaurav Ashesh | I/c. Head of School of Business, AURO University | Chairperson |
Dr Nimesh Joshi | Professor, School of Business | Member |
Dr Vikrant Makhija | Associate Professor, School of Business, AURO University | Member |
Dr C V Ramanna | Member | |
Dr CA Dharma Singh Rathore | Assistant Professor, School of Business AURO University | Member |
Dr Richa Agarwal | Member | |
Dr Ajay Kumar Jain | Professor, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, Lead- Centre for Indian Thought and Management, Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark | External Member |
Dr Sanjeev Prashar | Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Raipur | External Member |
Mr Amit Kalra | Director, HLE Glascoat Ltd | External Member |
Ms Vaidehi Desai | Sr. Manager, Gharpedia (Alumni, AURO University) | Alumni |
Dr Vipin Agrawal | Associate Professor, School of Business, AURO University | Member Secretary |
School of Design
Mr Abhijit Pariyal | I/c Head of School of Desing, AURO University | Chairperson |
Dr Prunal khavani | Associate Professor, AURO University | Member |
Ms Vaishali Bhatt | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member |
Mr Shashank Mehta | Principal Faculty, Industrial/Product Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad | External Member |
Dr Jigna Desai | Program Chair for Masters in Conservation and Regeneration at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad | External Member |
Ms Angira Shah | Owner & Principal Designer, Square 1, Ahmedabad | External Member |
Ms Tanvi Shivam | Former Student, B.Des. in Graphics & Communication Design 2017 batch | Alumni |
School of Hospitality Management
Mr Vimal Shukla | I/c. Head of School of Hospitality Management | Chairperson |
Chef Vishal Gawande | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member |
Mr Pranav Aggrawal | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member |
Dr Bhuvan G.M. | Principal, Apeejay Institute of Hotel Management, Navi Mumbai | External Member |
Mr Suresh Mathur | Chief Operating Officer & Professor of Practice, AURO University Surat | External Member |
Mr Amit Metha | Area Director and General Manager Surat Marriott Hotel, Surat | External Member |
Mr Vikas Sharma | Area General Manager, Courtyard by Marriott, Surat | External Member |
Ms Ridhima Seth | Former Student, Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management batch 2014 | Alumni |
Chef. Manoj Patkar | Associate Professor, School of Hospitality Management, AURO University, Surat, Gujarat | Member Secretary |
School of Information Technology
Dr Papri Das | I/c. Head of School of Information Technology | Chairperson |
Dr Bhanupratap Singh | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member |
Dr Sunil Kumar | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member |
Prof Apurva Desai | Head, Department of Computer Science, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University | External Member |
Prof Pratap Rao | Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Patna | External Member |
Mr Yusuf Ahmed | Deputy General Manager (IT), National Textile Corporation Ltd. | External Member |
Mr Murtuza Bansrai | Former Student, B.Sc. IT 2012 batch | Alumni |
Dr Akhilesh Latoria | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member Secretary |
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Dr Vishwas Deokar | I/C Head -of School of Journalism and Mass Communication, AURO University | Chairperson |
Mr Ujjawal Kumar Chaudhary | Former Dean – Symbiosis International University and Amity University | External Member |
Mr Sanjay Masand | Vice President – Reliance Industries Limited | External Member |
Mr Karl Gomes | Chief – Fanatics | External Member |
Mr Utpal Acharya | CEO – Content Engineer | External Member |
Ms Akanksha Jha | Programming Head – Big Fm | External Member |
Mr Siddharth Laik | Founder & Editor In Chief – IMWBUZZ | External Member |
Mr. Kunal Wahi | Anchor & Producer – TV 9 Network | External Member |
Ms Chaiti Narula | Editor / News Anchor – India Today | External Member |
Dr Mayur Parikh | Media Consultant & Journalist – Ex ABP News | External Member |
Mr Paras Jha | Senior Journalist – BBC News | External Member |
Mr. Aniket Khandagale | Film Maker – Bollywood & Marathi Film Industry | External Member |
Mr Prashant Desai | Director, Film Maker & Academician | External Member |
Mr. Sanjay Narayanan | Marketing Director – Warner Media (Warner Bros.) | External Member |
Mr Hashwardhan Suri | A former student of BJMC-2018 Batch | Alumni |
Mr. Partha Partim Samanta | Assistant Professor – School of Journalism and Mass Communication, AURO University | Member Secretary |
School of Law
Dr Shilpi Sharma | Head of School of Law | Chairperson |
Dr Vrushti Patel | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member |
Ms Subarna Ghosh | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member |
Mr Srinath Iyengar | Managing Partner, Fox Mandal | External Member |
Dr Kavita Lalchandani | Principal, K C Law College, Mumbai | External Member |
Ms Anuja Shah | Former Student, BBA-LLB-2013 batch | Alumni |
Mr Satyajeet Panigrahi | Assistant Professor, AURO University | Member Secretary |
School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Dr Priya Rajkumar | I/c. Head of School of Liberal Arts and Human Science, AURO University | Chairperson |
Dr Sazzad Parwez | Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Human Science, AURO University | Member |
Dr Sumedh Lokhande | Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, AURO University | Member |
Prof Nigam Dave | Professor & Director, School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Dindayal Energy University, Gandhinagar | External Member |
Dr Dipti Christian | Former Principal, Head, Department of Psychology, Hilltop College, Nagpur | External Member |
Ms Rashi Hakim | Former student, BA in Psychology 2019 batch | Alumni |
BOARD OF STUDIES
School of Business
School of Hospitality Management
- Mr Vimal Shukla
- Chef Vishal Gawande
- Mr Pranav Aggrawal
- Dr Bhuvan G.M.
- Mr Suresh B. Mathur
- Mr Amit Metha
- Mr Vikash Sharma
- Ms Ridham Seth
- Manoj Patkar
School of Information Technology
- Dr Papri Das
- Dr Bhanupratap Singh
- Dr Sunil Kumar
- Prof Apurva Desai
- Prof Pratap Rao
- Mr Yusuf Ahmed
- Mr Murtuza Bansrai
- Dr Akhilesh Latoria
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Dr Vishwas Deokar
- Ms Trupti Mistry
- Mr Ujjawal Kumar Chaudhary
- Mr Sanjay Masand
- Mr Karl Gomes
- Mr Utpal Acharya
- Ms Akanksha Jha
- Mr Siddharth Laik
- Kunal Wahi
- Ms Chaiti Narula
- Dr Mayur Parikh
- Mr Paras Jha
- Aniket Khandagale
- Mr Prashant Desai
- Sanjay Narayanan
- Mr Hashwardhan Suri
- Partha Partim Samanta
School of Law
- Dr Shilpi Sharma
- Dr Vrushti Patel
- Ms Subarna Ghosh
- Mr Srinath Iyengar
- Dr Kavita Lalchandani
- Ms Anuja Shah
- Mr Satyajeet Panigrahi
School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
- Dr Sunil Sagar
- Dr Sazzad Parwez
- Dr Sumedh Lokhande
- Prof Nigam Dave
- Dr Dipti Christian
- Ms Rashi Hakim
- Dr Priya Rajkumar
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