| 1. |
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Shri B. G. Kher |
Former Chief Minister of Bombay |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
06-10-1951 |
| 2. |
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Dr. Amarnath Jha |
Vice Chancellor of The University of Allahabad |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
04-10-1954 |
| 3. |
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Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar |
Indian Scientist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
10-10-1953 |
| 4 |
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Shri V. T. Krishnamachari |
Indian civil servant and administrator |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-10-1954 |
| 5 |
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Dr. Radhakrishnan |
Former President of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
10-12-1955 |
| 6 |
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Dr. John Matthai |
Former Railway Minister of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
13-10-1956 |
| 7 |
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Shrimati Hansa Mehta |
Social Activist, Educator, Independence activist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
10-12-1957 |
| 8 |
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Dr. C. D. Deshmukh |
Indian Civil Servant |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-10-1958 |
| 9 |
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Shri Sri Prakasa |
Indian Politician, Freedom Fighter and Administrator |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-10-1959 |
| 10 |
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Dr. K. L. Shrimali |
Union Education Minister of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
15-10-1960 |
| 11 |
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H. E. Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
Indian Bureaucrat |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
21-10-1961 |
| 12 |
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Shri M. C. Setalvad |
Attorney General for India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-11-1962 |
| 13 |
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Professor Humayun Kabir |
Poet, Novalist, Educationist, Politician |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
31-11-1963 |
| 14 |
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Shri K. M. Munshi |
Indian Independence Movement Activist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
29-11-1964 |
| 15 |
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Professor M. S. Thacker |
Electrical Engineer |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
27-11-1965 |
| 16 |
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Prof. V. K. R. V. Rao |
Indian Economist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
22-10-1966 |
| 17 |
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Dr. P. B. Gajendragadkar |
Former Chief Justice of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
27-11-1967 |
| 18 |
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Dr. D. S. Kothari |
Eminent Indian Scientist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
10-12-1968 |
| 19 |
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Rajpalshri Shriman Narayan |
Former Governor of Gujarat |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
22-11-1969 |
| 20 |
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Dr. Karan Singh |
Indian Politician, Philanthropist and Poet |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-05-1970 |
| 21 |
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Shri G. S. Pathak |
4th Vice President of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-04-1971 |
| 22 |
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Shri H. M. Patel |
Indian Civil Servant |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-02-1972 |
| 23 |
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Professor S. Nurul Hasan |
Indian Historian and an Elder Statesman in Government of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
11-03-1973 |
| 24 |
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Shri K. K. Viswanathan |
Former Governor of Gujarat |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-07-1974 |
| 25 |
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Shri Babubhai Jashbhai Patel |
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-10-1977 |
| 26 |
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Shri P. C. Chunder |
Former Union Minister of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
16-12-1978 |
| 27 |
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Smt. Sharda Mukherjee |
Former Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-08-1979 |
| 28 |
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I. G. Patel |
Fourteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-06-1980 |
| 29 |
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Shri Nani A. Palkhiwala |
Indian Jurist and Liberal Economist. |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
19-12-1981 |
| 30 |
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Smt. Pupul Jayakar |
Indian Cultural Activist and Writer |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-11-1982 |
| 31 |
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Dr. Mulkraj Anand |
Indian Writer |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-10-1983 |
| 32 |
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Dr. Madhuriben Shah |
Former President of Gujarat Research Society |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
21-11-1984 |
| 33 |
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Dr. Verghese Kurien |
Social Entrepreneur |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
13-05-1986 |
| 34 |
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Shri P. N. Bhagwati |
Former Chief Justice of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
08-08-1987 |
| 35 |
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Shri P. Shiv Shankar |
Indian Politician |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
03-10-1989 |
| 36 |
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Shri Sam Pitroda |
Indian engineer |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-02-1990 |
| 37 |
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Dr. M. G. K. Menon |
Physicist and Policy Sister |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
02-06-1991 |
| 38 |
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Prof. Madhu Dandawate |
Former Finance Minister of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
03-10-1992 |
| 39 |
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Dr. Sarup Singh |
Indian Politician |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
03-05-1993 |
| 40 |
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Dr. Pranab Mukherjee |
Former President of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
21-01-1994 |
| 41 |
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Prof. Y. K. Alagh |
Indian Economist and Former Union Minister of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
20-02-1995 |
| 42 |
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Shri T. N. Seshan |
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
23-12-1995 |
| 43 |
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Shri K. R. Narayanan |
Former President of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
01-12-1997 |
| 44 |
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Prof. Yash Pal |
Indian scientist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
03-08-1998 |
| 45 |
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Shri N. Vittal |
Indian civil servant |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
21-12-1998 |
| 46 |
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Dr. K. Kasturirangan |
Indian space scientist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
13-12-1999 |
| 47 |
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Prof. M. M. Sharma |
Indian chemical engineer |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
30-01-2001 |
| 48 |
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Dr. Kiran Bedi |
Officer in Indian Police Service |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
01-12-2002 |
| 49 |
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Prof. Arun Nigavekar |
Indian Physicist and Educator |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
15-02-2003 |
| 50 |
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Shri Narendra Modi |
Prime Minister of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-01-2004 |
| 51 |
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Prof. Y. K. Alagh |
Indian Economist and Former Union Minister of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-01-2004 |
| 52 |
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Shri Monteksingh Ahluwalia |
Indian economist and civil servant |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
10-08-2005 |
| 53 |
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Prof. Sukhdev Thorat |
Former chairman of the University Grants Commission |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-10-2006 |
| 54 |
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Lord Karan Bilomoria |
British Indian Entrepreneur |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
29-09-2007 |
| 55 |
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Sri Sri Ravishankar |
Spiritual Leader |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
29-09-2007 |
| 56 |
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Mukesh Ambani |
Indian Businessman |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
29-09-2007 |
| 57 |
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Dr. S. S. Mantha |
Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
24-01-2010 |
| 58 |
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Dr. Shrimati Kamala |
Former Governor of Mizoram |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
28-12-2010 |
| 59 |
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Prof. Ved Prakash |
Former Chairman of University Grants Commission |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-12-2011 |
| 60 |
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Dr. E. Sreedharan |
Indian Civil Engineer |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
12-10-2012 |
| 61 |
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Dr. S. S. Mantha |
Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
24-12-2013 |
| 62 |
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Shri Om Prakash Kohli |
Former Governor of Gujarat |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
02-06-2015 |
| 63 |
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Shri Gunvant B. Shah |
Eminent Gujarati writer and critic |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
29-01-2016 |
| 64 |
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Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar |
Indian computer scientist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
17-12-2016 |
| 65 |
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H. E. Shri Ram Nath Kovind |
President of India |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
22-01-2018 |
| 66 |
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Shri Suresh Prabhu |
Member of Rajya Sabha |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
30-01-2019 |
| 67 |
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Shri Kamlesh N. Vyas |
Indian Scientist |
Distinguished Guest in Convocation |
30-01-2019 |
