I congratulate all the students who have successfully cleared their final semester exam and achieved a milestone in their life. I also extend my best wishes to all the students whose new semester has started and advise to adopt DCC approach in the life. DCC here stands for ‘Dedication, Curiosity and Commitment in each and every activity they perform in their life.

GTU has celebrated its 11^th foundation day where invitees mentioned that GTU is always ready to adopt change and strive for Innovation for the betterment of students. GTU has been selected as best state University for its outstanding performance in promoting “Innovation & Start-ups and appreciated SSIP Prashansa” Award from Government of Gujarat. GTU has also received Outstanding University in West India, 2019 from Centre for Education Growth and Research (CEGR), New Delhi. I also feel proud to convey that GTU stood 1^st in the Gujarat State Institutional Rating Framework (GSIRF) and scored highest under the category of University. Department of Education, Government of Gujarat had announced this rating framework for all the Universities of Gujarat. I dedicate this 1^st rank to all the stake holders of the university.

Graduate Schools of GTU are also known to offer highly specialized PG and other courses in the field of Engineering, Pharmacy and Management. This year Graduate School of Pharmacy has received approval from PCI and AICTE for the new PG program i.e. M. Pharm. in Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and Graduate School of Management Studies has received approval for MBA (Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development) from AICTE, It is to be noted that AICTE has given approval to only four institutes in the entire India for this course. Graduate School of Engineering and Technology is also going to enrol PG students in ME in Cyber Security as well as Mobile Communication and Network Technology. I invite all the prospective students to take maximum benefit of such specialized PG programs of university.

GTU is moving towards becoming a benchmark university by working transparently for students. We all should have faith in GTU system and we must take pride of the same which enhances the value of our graduates in the Industry which ultimately contribute in the Nation Building.

Once again I extend my best wishes to all students and faculty members at the beginning of new semester.

Thank you.

Prof. (Dr.) Navin Sheth
Vice Chancellor, GTU (31^st july, 2019)