Department Of Human Resource Development, VNSGU

The Department of Human Resources Development is an elevation of the "Social Studies Cell" that was established in the academic year 1978-79. The main objective of this department is to carry out teaching in the context of social change. The depar hing in the context of social change. The department started the Master of Labour Welfare Programme in 1987 and the Master of Human Resource Development in the year 1995. The students who have passed out from the Department with the degree of MA (HRD)or MA (Labour Welfare) are all well-placed in reputed organisations. A Master Degree course: MA in Human Resource Management and Labour Relations has been launched in 2015. Over and above, students are registered under the external mode and there is a provision for the intake of foreign students. The Department introduces new courses and revises existing courses as per the changing needs of the industry. A Center for Human Development Studies is also set up in the Department to study issues pertaining to various aspects of Human Development. The Department undertakes research-based projects from Government as well as from the corporates. To be the Institution of choice for those committed to building the future through quality education. To advance world-class human resource practices and build a culture of growth to attract, nurture and develop top talent The need of the region comprising South Gujarat to have a separate university was voiced initially by educationists such as Atisukhshankar Trivedi who through public speeches and writings created awareness and gained support for this demand. This was immediately taken up and strongly supported by the Education societies of Surat and Navsari which already supported and managed colleges in various disciplines imparting both Undergraduate and Postgraduate education. Moreover, these were some of the most highly reputed academic centres under both the University of Bombay and the Gujarat University. The outcome of these moves was that at a meeting of educationists and eminent citizens organized under the auspices of the Sarvajanik Education Society in Surat on July 31, 1960 a committee of 38 members was appointed to draw up guidelines and principles for the establishment of a separate university for South Gujarat. This document was submitted to the Chief Minister and Education Minister of Gujarat. When Dr. C. D. Deshmukh, the then chairperson of the University Grants Commission, visited Surat in December 1960, the same document was submitted to him. In February 1961 a submission entitled South Gujarat University : A Tentative Phased Programmed for its Establishment and Development was handed to the Education Minister. Further, at a meeting of this committee held in August 1962 a representational committee was appointed to explain the need, feasibility and urgency of the demand for a separate university for South Gujarat to the Education Minister. This committee popularly came to be known as the Lalbhai Committee after its Chairperson Shri L. R. Desai, Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat University who continued to chair first, the Evaluation Committee of 1964 and later, the Advisory Committee appointed under Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Act, 1965.