Dr.Ashwin Purohit
He is a dean, faculty of commerce- GLS University. He has more than 35 years of teaching
experience in management institutes of national repute. He is a post graduate in commerce
specializing in cost accounting. He holds Masters in Philosophy in Commerce and a doctorate in
the subject of Financial Management.His academic career started with undergraduate institute B.
J. Vanijya Mahavidhyalaya affiliated to the Sardar Patel University where he was actively
involved in teaching, training, institute building and strategic administration for 29 years. He
held several prestigious academic and administrative positions in Sardar Patel University. He
initiated and coordinated scores of national level seminars and workshops for students as well as
faculty members. As a recognized post-graduate teacher of Sardar Patel University in the faculty
of Management, he headed numerous academic and administrative committees of strategic
importance. He held many positions like treasurer and Secretary of Sardar Patel University Area
Teachers’ Association for many years. He was a Senate Member of Sardar Patel University for
two terms (1987 to 1992 and 1997 to 2002). He was the senate member of Gujarat University
for two terms. He has contributed ten books in different areas of Management which are
extensively used as text or reference books across Universities in Gujarat. He had been the
Principal of H.A. College of Commerce (GLS) for three years. Under his leadership, the college
initiated several new courses and co-curricular & developmental activities which are well taken
by the student community. Since August 2011 he has taken over the S.M. Patel Institute of
Commerce (GLS) as a Principal. Under his leadership the Institute won many academic and non-
academic honours. His teaching and research interest are Financial Management & Corporate
Financial Reporting.Under his guidance, six students are pursuing Ph.d.Under his able
leadership, NAAC accredited and rated among top 50 commerce colleges of India as per India
Today survey, Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC), received many awards like Most trusted
“INDIA’S NO.1 BRAND 2016” in Best Commerce Colleges (Education) Category and Asia’s
Most Trusted Commerce College awarded by IBC,USA.
Dr. Marzun E. Jokhi
With around 2 decades of teaching experience and distinguished academic record, Dr. Jokhi has
a strong academic presence in the field of Accountancy, Taxation and Finance. Dr Jokhi has also
provided his services as a resource person/subject expert at Institute of Chartered Accountants,
Institute of Cost Accountants, Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat and different institutes. He is a
member of the Editorial Team of GLS Voice, Gujarat Law Society’s Monthly newspaper and
PhD Guide at GLS University. He has presented papers at national and international conferences
and has several articles and research publications to his credit. He has two best paper awards at
national conferences to his credit. He is actively involved in editing/writing books for graduate
students.
Dr. Avani A. Shah
With around 15 years of teaching experience, Dr. Avani Shah has been Member of Board of
Studies in English, Department of Gujarat University. She has delivered lectures at Prestigious
Institutes like Nirma, St. Xaviers on Communication Skills and Personality Development. She
has presented Research papers on Feminist Perception on various issues and Novels and English
Drama at state level. She is actively involved in editing/writing books for graduate students.
Rajul Goenka
She has 22 years of teaching experience. Her areas of interest are Accounts, Finance and
management. She has attended various seminars at State and National levels and presented
Research papers. She is a Fine Arts enthusiast and looks after activities like Photography,
Painting, Cartooning, Collage, Rangoli etc. at the Zonal & Inter Zonal youth festivals and other
inter college competitions.
Dr. Bimal Solanki
He has total 22 years of experience. He is with the institute right from its inception in 1999. He
has done his Masters in Commerce and M.Phil in Accountancy. He has done his Ph.D in
Accountancy. He is the in-charge faculty of the Post Graduation department and has successfully
completed a tenure as PG in-charge for 12 years in continuation. He has attended and presented
papers at several seminars and conferences. He has co-authored 7 books on accounts and
management.
Keyur Vohra
He is an Associate Professor in Faculty of Commerce (SMPIC) since 1999. He has been teaching
English and Business Communication at the UG level. He has carried out his M.Phil research in
the field of Translation Studies. Presently he is a Ph.D. scholar, involved in a research project in
the field of ELT. Besides above mentioned, he has several research papers published and
presented at various national and international books, journals and conferences at his credit. In
addition to the academic activities, he is in charge of the extra-curricular activities at the FOC.
Dr. Sneha Kanaiyalal Master
She is associated with Faculty of Commerce since its inception. She has over 19 years of
experience as a faculty in the subjects of Accountancy, Management & Taxation. She is a
Chartered Accountant and brings her professional excellence to nurture the academics in the
institute. She has completed her Ph. D. in Inter Disciplinary topic of “The Assessment of Human
Resource Accounting Application in Educational Institutions of Ahmedabad”. She has attended
many state, national and international seminars and presented papers.
Bhavna Parwani
She has been working since 2000 in the department of Accounts and Commerce department. She
has been teaching at under graduate and post graduate level. She has made presentations and
submitted papers at various state and national seminars and conferences. Her interest area in
research is related to finance and commerce.
Dr. Kruti Shah
She has been working as an Assistant Professor in Accountancy and Commerce in Faculty of
Commerce (SMPIC) since 2002. She worked as member of Governing Body of Women
Development Cell of Gujarat University for the period 2009-2012. She has been member of the
editorial team of GLS Voice, a monthly newspaper run by Gujarat Law Society. She has State,
National, International presentations and publications to her credit. She has received her doctoral
degree in "A Study of XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) and Its Practices in
Listed Indian Companies"on 27/12/2017.This research on XBRL is a maiden attempt in India to
study its impact in Indian context. She also takes lectures for the students of professional course
CIMA,UK. She visited University of Pardubice, Europe as a research scholar under student
exchange program in the year 2017. She is in charge of Folk Dance activities.
Ms. Aashal Mitren Bhatt
She is an assistant professor having a teaching experience of 15 years in the academic field. She has
presented several research papers at national and international seminars/conferences. Twice she has won
the best paper award at national conferences. She is a member of the editorial board of ‘GLS voice’ a
monthly newspaper of GLS as well as she is a placement co-coordinator and co-coordinator Of
Comprehensive Program on Banking and Insurance.
Dr. Krupa B. Bhatt
She has been working as faculty of commerce and has total 11years of teaching experience. She
has presented papers at state and national level seminars. She is co- author of books at U.G level.
At FOC(SMPIC) , she is the in charge of management club under which students are prepared to
participate in various intercollege state and national level competitions. She undertakes charity
activities ‘Prayas’ during college days every year .She is co-ordinator of study enhancement
programme. She has been appointed as Ph.D supervisor (guide) in GLS University.
Bhumika Ansodaria
She has been working as Assistant Professor in English at Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) since
last 11 years. She is having 15 years of teaching experience in Academics. She has done her
M.Phil. in English with specialization in Indian English Literature and is presently pursuing her
Ph. D. in Literature and Film from Gujarat University. Her areas of interest in research are
communication skills and ELT(English Language Teaching). She has participated and presented
papers in National and International Seminars. At Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC), she is the co-
ordinator of Bridge Course(a course for enhancing the fluency of Gujarat medium students in
English), Personality Development Workshop, Management Lecture Series, Inter-collegiate
Swami Vivekananda Elocution Competition, Inter-collegiate literary competitions and a member
of PRISM team.
Dr. Gitanjali Rampal
She has been working as Assistant Professor in English since 2001. Currently she is working
with Department of English, Faculty of Commerce (SMPIC), GLS University. She has many
paper presentations and publications to her credit. Her areas of interest are Gender Studies,
Comparative Literature, Eco-criticism and English Language Teaching. She has also been
teaching post graduate students at Department of English, Gujarat University as a visiting
faculty. She is also a theatre enthusiast, has delivered programmes on All India Radio and has
been a professional voice-over artist.
Dr. Bhavin Bhatt
Dr. Bhavin Bhatt has an outstanding academic graph with experience of over a decade in the
field of Accountancy; Taxation; and Management. Dr. Bhavin Bhatt has also provided services
as a resource person/ subject expert at the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is a
Ph.D. guide at GLS University. He has presented papers at the national and international
conferences and has several articles and research publications to his credit. He has co-authored
many books for graduate students.
Dr. Mala Dani
Dr. Mala Dani has an outstanding Academic record with experience of over a decade in the field
of Accountancy; Taxation; and Auditing. Dr. Mala Dani has also provided services as a resource
person/ subject expert at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company
Secretaries of India and Direct tax Regional Training Institute (Income tax Department). She is a
Ph.D. guide at GLS University. She has presented papers at the national and international
conferences and has several articles and research publications to her credit. She has co-authored
many books for graduate students.
Vijay R. Tripathi
He is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Commerce (smpic), Department of Economics. He has
cleared GSET exam (2016). His research focuses on development economics, social networks,
and public finance. He is particularly interested in the social and behavioural aspects of how
individuals interact with credit markets. He has published articles on various aspects of
development economics.
Nimisha Shah
Prof. Nimisha Shah has a strong academic backbone in the field of Statistics and Business
Mathematics Apart from authoring books for graduate programme, Prof. Nimisha Shah is teacher
with the motive of sharing her wide knowledge in the academic arena. She has been teaching
Statistics and Mathematics to elementary, graduation and post gradation students of science and
commerce for eleven years.She has also contributed articles to various journals Statistics and
research.
Prof. Hastimal G. Sagara
Academic Profile: With around one decade and a half of teaching experience and distinguished
academic record, Prof. Sagara has a strong hold in the field of economics. In addition to his
teaching assignments at the Faculty of Commerce, Prof. Sagara has provided his services as a
resource person at Centre of Development and Communication (CDC), Mahatma Gandhi Labour
Institute (MGLI), S.D. School of Commerce and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(ICAI): Ahmedabad Chapter.
Dr. Dharini S Patel
With around a decade of teaching experience and academic record, Dr. Dharini Patel has an
outstanding academic presence in the field of Accountancy and Commerce. She has presented
papers in various national conferences and has several research publications to her credit. She is
also a member of the editorial team of GLS Voice, Gujarat Law Society’s monthly newspaper.
She is actively involved in writing books for graduate students.
Hiral Pavak Vyas
She has very good academic background. She has strong command over basic accountancy and
special liking to teach financial management. She teaches management, accountancy at
undergraduate level. She has secured first rank in GPSC examination for class II Gazatted
Accounts Officer examination conducted by the Government of Gujarat in 2006.
Dr. Jyoti M. Thakkar
With around a decade of teaching experience and academic record, Dr. Jyoti Thakkar has an
outstanding academic presence in the field of Accountancy and Commerce. She has presented
papers in various conferences and has several research publications to her credit. She is actively
involved in writing books for graduate students.
Prof. Ankit Bhojak
Prof. Ankit Bhojak has a strong academic backbone in the field of Statistics and Business
Mathematics Owning the credit of authoring books for graduate programme, Prof. Ankit Bhojak
is an educator with intense motive of sharing his wide knowledge in the academic arena. He has
been teaching Statistics and Mathematics to elementary, graduation and post gradation students
of science and commerce for six years. He has also contributed articles to various journals
Statistics and research.
Dr. Bhavik U. Swadia
He is assistant professor, FOC (S.M.P.I.C.) GLS University, Ahmedabad. He is well known
author of several books for the students of BBA, B.Com ,M.Com, C.A,C.S. He has teaching
experience of more than 17 years. He has written 34 books of National and International level.
He has published 16 papers in National and International Journals. He is member of editorial
board in various Journals. He is Ph.D. Guide at GLS University. He has undertaken various
research project funded by UGC & Private Institutions.
Dr. Devyani Chatterji
She has been working as Assistant Professor in Statistics since 2001. She has to her credit many
research paper and publications. Her areas of interest are Data Analysis, Formulation of
Mathematical Models for Inventory Systems and Applications of Statistics in real life. She is the
Co-ordinator of Statistics Club, Research Group and Quiz Club. She has guided many students in
preparing research projects.
Jaimin Patel
He has done Master in commerce from Gujarat University and is presently pursuing Ph.D. His
areas of interest are Accountancy, Auditing and Taxation. He has presented several research
papers at national and international seminars/conferences. He has attended several seminars in
the area of accountancy. He is member of NSS and Sports committee and looks after various
sports activity.
Prof. Divyang N. Shah
With experience of around 3 years Prof. Divyang Shah has been contributing in the field of
Accountancy and Commerce. He is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
Apart from this he is actively involved in editing/writing books for graduate students.
Rupa Arjunkumar Pariyani
Her association with Faculty of Commerce (SMPIC) as an Assistant Professor in English
commenced from 2014. She has also worked as a full-time Lecturer in English at M. R. Parikh
Institute of Commerce, GLS for three years. Her areas of interest in research are ELT (English
Language Teaching) and Communication Skills. She is the Content Editor of College Website
and the co-coordinator of Literary Activities at Faculty of Commerce (SMPIC).
Dhwani Sodha
Prof. Dhwani Sodha has a strong academic backbone in the field of English Language and
literature and Communication Skills. Apart from authoring books for graduate programme, Prof.
Dhwani Sodha is teacher with motive of sharing her wide knowledge in the academic arena. She
has been teaching English and Communication Skills to graduation students of commerce for
over ten years. She has also contributed research papers to various journals of English language
and literature.
Anjali Trivedi
She has been working as Assistant Professor in Economics since 2015 with Faculty of
Commerce (SMPIC), GLS University. She is Gold Medalist in M.A. Economics at SP
University. She joined FOC (SMPIC) in 2015. She has also presented papers at State, National
and International level conferences as well as she has to her credit papers published in peer
reviewed journals. At present, she is pursuing her Ph. D. with reference to Financial inclusion of
Urban women. She has cleared GSET examination (2017). She has also done NCC with C-
Certificate. She is in charge of Economics Club.
Prof. Gaurang Prajapati
Experience of having 5 years of Teaching experience in the field of Accountancy , Commerce
and Finance. Currently he is pursuing Ph.D from GLS University since June 2015. He is
involved in editing / writing books for graduate students.
Hiral Jani
Prof. Hiral Jani has a good academic and teaching forte in English and Communication. She is an
educator with intense motive of sharing her wide knowledge in the academic arena. She has been
teaching English language and Communication skills to elementary and graduation students for
six years. She has also contributed articles to various journals and presented research papers in
English Language and Communication Skills.
Prof. Naishal Raval
He had taught Economics at under-graduate (B.com, B.B.A.) and post graduate level (M.com,
M.B.A.) at various self-finance institutes affiliated with Gujarat University and Gujarat
Technological University. He uses to deliver the sessions in conventional way as well as through
PowerPoint presentations. His area of Research is Credit Societies, Micro-finance, and Business
Economics. He had Participated and Presented research papers on various themes at National and
International conference and got published the same in the UGC referred journals with high
impact factors and conference proceedings.