To cater to the cultural and education needs of the area, North Gujarat University was established by Ordinance No. 5 of 1986 dated 17 May 1986 which was later passed as the North Gujarat University Act No. 22 of 1986 on 11 September 1986 by Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The university has been functioning, growing, and expanding steadily since then.
Location and campus growth
This university was carved out of Gujarat University. On bifurcation, the North Gujarat University inherited no physical assets from its parent university. Patan, a historical town in northern part of Gujarat, was officially designated as the headquarters of the university. The town happens to have composite campus of four affiliated colleges. The managing council of the colleges was kind enough to let the infant university rent its two hostel buildings to accommodate its offices. Thus the university began to operate and serve 41 colleges scattered over the three districts of Banaskantha, Mehsana and Sabarkantha. With the two hostel buildings, the university rented Gandhi Memorial Hall to house its library. The aim was to start building a nucleus library for the future post-graduate departments. The university simultaneously moved the state government to acquire land measuring about from farmers. It also requested the state government to transfer its seed farm land measuring about to the university. This entailed considerable delay owing to litigation in the State High Court and then in the Supreme Court. Following the Supreme Court judgment, acquisition of the land has been possible. As a result, over the years the university has been able to get land as follows:
Government land
Land acquired from farmers. The university will, in due course, acquire land measuring from one farmer.
The total land available is. In addition to this, the university has received a property worth Rs.10 lakhs donated by the Gramodhyog Mandal, Patan. The university employment bureau is housed in that building. Proposals to the state government for further assistance in materializing plans for more constructions, in phased manner, are under active consideration.
Vice-Chancellor
Shri K.P. Yajnik Dt. 01-08-1986 to 31-07-1992
Dr. D.A. Ghanchi Dt. 01-08-1992 to 05-04-1994
Prin. C.D. Trivedi Dt. 06-04-1994 to 30-04-1994
Prof. N.R. Dave Dt. 30-04-1994 to 30-04-2000
Dr. B.S. Jani Dt. 01-05-2000 to 30-04-2003
Dr. M.M. Patel Dt. 01-05-2003 to 27-01-2005
Dr. M.M. Patel Dt. 28-01-2005 to 10-07-2006
Dr. B.A. Prajapati Dt. 10-07-2006 to 26-07-2007
Dr. K.K. Shah Dt. 26-07-2007 to 26-07-2010
Dr. J. H. Pancholi Dt. 27-07-2010 to 15-09-2010
Dr. H.V. Rao Dt. 16-09-2010 to 15-09-2013
Dr. R. L. Godara Dt. 16-09-2013 to 16-09-2016
Dr. D.H. Devada Dt. 16-09-2016 to 20-12-2016
Prof. B. A. Prajapati Dt. 20-12-2016 to 06-03-2019
