Shri Surendra Patel was unanimously re- appointed as President of CHARUSAT in the Executive Council meeting of Shri Charotar Moti Sattavis Patidar Kelavani Mandal held on August 28, 2021 at CHARUSAT Campus, Changa. He was selected as President for the fifth consecutive term (2022 -2024) for three- years. It is noteworthy that he is the founding President of CHARUSAT in 2009.
Shri Surendra M Patel was born on December 11, 1937 at Changa in Anand district. He is a Civil Engineer by education, a renowned technocrat and former Chairman of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA). He has also set examples of a progressive public leader as a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CHARUSAT) has gradually stepped on apex of success from the time he has joined CHARUSAT as Chairman in 2004. Under his able leadership and visionary decisions CHARUSAT aspires to be among the league of Top 20 of Indian Universities in coming years.
When he became Chairman in the year 2004, the campus had only 240 Students, 4 UG Programmes, 1 Institute and an investment of Rs. 3 Crores. Today, CHARUSAT is running 72 UG, PG & Ph.D. Programmes in Engineering, Pharmacy, Computer Application, Business Administration, Applied Sciences, Physiotherapy, Nursing and Paramedical Sciences with 7500+ Students enrolled, and an investment base of Rs.150 Crores. There is a dedicated R & D Center, a Space Research and Technology Center, Centre for Cosmology and a Human Resource Development Center. The Campus is sprawling over 120 acres of land. The thrust is on research relevant to societal needs thereby enhancing quality of life. CHARUSAT is triggering ancillary socio economic development benefiting the surrounding rural community and society at large.
Dr. M C Patel, Secretary of Kelavani Mandal, the parent body of university, said “Surendrabhai’s association with Shri Charotar Moti Sattavis Patidar Kelavani Mandal started in 1999 as a Member on Board of Management of Charotar Institute of Technology.”
Further he added that subsequently Shri Surendra Patel became President of Kelavani Mandal in year 2004 for the term of five years. He has been leading Kelavani Mandal as President for the fifth consecutive term from 2019. Since 2004, he has been the Chairman of all the institutes at erstwhile Education Campus-Changa (Now, CHARUSAT).”
He became founding President of CHARUSAT in 2009. Now, he has been selected as President of CHARUSAT for fifth consecutive term from 2022-24. In-fact he had conceived the dream of CHARUSAT with active involvement of management members.
Shri Nagin Patel, President Matrusanstha and CHRF presented a bouquet of flowers to him.
Surendra Patel expressed his feelings of gratitude towards all the members for keeping trust in him. He also reiterated his commitment towards making CHARUSAT- a world class university.
