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Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad is
07940016203, 07940016207 .
Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad was founded by Mahatma Gandhi on 18th October, 1920. Gujarat Vidyapith is a deemed university since 1963. Gujarat Vidyapith is funded by the U. G. C. (University Grants Commission) for higher education programs. It was started as Rashtriya Vidyapith (National Institute of University Education) and was the wake of the Non-cooperative Movement. Mahatma Gandhi remained its life-long Kulpati (Chancellor). The Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad imparts higher education with an integrated system of education teaching from the Nursery to the Doctorate level. The main objective is to prepare workers of character, ability, culture and dedication for the conduct of movements connected with the regeneration of country in accordance with the ideals given by Mahatma Gandhi. The guiding principles on which the integrated system of education, from Nursery & Basic Schools to Higher Secondary and from Bachelors to Master, M. Phil. & Doctorate level degree in various disciplines, is evolved include: - Adherence to truth and non-violence, Participation in productive work with a sense of dignity of labour, Acceptance of equality of religions, Priority for the need of villages dwellers in all curricula and Use of mother-tongue as a medium of instructions.
Accordingly, the education system of Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad include regular participation in community work, residential life, social service, community prayers, simple and self reliant living, study tours and field studies, Hand spinning and training in Craft Work. The program of education has been linked with the national needs of rural uplift with a view to promote education conductive to the grass - root levels of the society. The chief concern of the Gujarat Vidyapith is to conduct experiments in various fields of education with a view to develop the application of Gandhian thought and way in all aspects of education.
Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad was founded by Mahatma Gandhi on October 18, 1920 to liberate the Indian youths from the shackles of British colonial rule. As against the British colonial education system, propounded by Lord Macaulay, that produced human resources for the oppressive British Empire, Gandhi wanted his Vidyapith to prepare the youths for the task of national reconstruction and usher in 'Hind Swaraj', the India of his dream.
Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad was established as a national university without a government charter. Gandhi Ji was its life-long chancellor. Professor A T Gidwani was its founder vice-chancellor. Later, many more institutions, colleges and schools were affiliated to the Vidyapith. In 1923, the total number of students in these institutions stood at 30,000.
Until 1930, Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad imparted graduation-level courses in languages such as Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Persian, English as well as in History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Economics, Accountancy, Music, Political Science, Pharmacy, Archaeology and Indology.
The Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad stopped functioning temporarily during the civil disobedience movements of 1930 and 1932 and the Quit India movement of 1942. The students and faculty members participated actively in the freedom struggle, many of them courting arrest.
The Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad started functioning afresh from 1945 and in June 1947, the Mahadev Desai College of Social Work was established. The Government of India declared the Vidyapith as a deemed university in 1963.
Today, Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad is one of the national universities with a charter from the Government of India and seeks to promote Gandhiji's ideals of service-oriented education.
Started since the foundation of the Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad in 1920, the Central Library has grown over the years to become one of the richest repositories of books, journals and manuscripts in Gujarat. The library remains open 364 days a year, remaining closed only on the first day of the Vikram Samvat. The membership of the library is open to the public at a nominal fee. Its membership stood at 36,864 but in 2005-06 the total active members are 3006.
The Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad library has 5,31,331 books, 598 journals, 33 newspapers, 691 manuscripts, 179 audio cassettes, 255 audio-visual discs, 209 microfilms, 1911 slides, 360 filmstrips, 828 maps and charts, 47 records, 162 photographs and 154 CR-ROMs. Details about the titles, authors and subjects of all the books are contained in a searchable computerized database. The library has facilities for photocopying and reading of microfilms.
The Central Library of the Gujarat Vidyapith – GV Ahmedabad is the statutory referral library of the state for the purpose of copyright. The copyright section has 1, 08,635 books as in the year 2005. The library comprises of the main book storage facility, reference section, copyright section, a separate hall for Gandhian studies, the magazine and journal section, a reading hall and a children's section.
Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad Address
The address of Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad is Near Income Tax Office, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India.
Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad Email Address
The email address of Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad is
vc@gujaratvidyapith.org.
Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad Website
The Website of Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad is
www.gujaratvidyapith.org.
Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad Customer Support Service Phone Number
The customer support phone number of Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad is
07940016203, 07940016207 (Click phone number to call).
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