Invited dignitaries

Param Pujya Dharmadhurandhar 1008 Acharya Shri Rakeshprasadji Maharaj

Gadipati (Acharya), Shri Laxminarayan Dev Gadi, Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal

Param Pujya Jagadguru Anant Shri Vibhushit Dilipdevacharyaji Maharaj

Pithadhishwar, Jagannath Mandir, Jamalpur, Ahmedabad

Param Pujya Guruvarya Sadguru Shri Madhavpriyadasji Swamiji

President, SGVP Gurukul, Ahmedabad

Param Pujya Mahant Pir Yogi Shri Shernath Bapu

Mahant, Shri Guru Gorakshnath Ashram, Bhavnath, Junagadh

Param Pujya Yatishri Vijaysomji Maharaj

Gadipati, Magarwada Tirth

Mahantshri Jaydev Sharanji Maharaj

Shri Sarveshwar Gaudham, Kobdi, Bhavnagar

Param Pujya Dr Gnanvatsaldas Swami

BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha

Param Pujya Chaitanya Shambhu Maharaj

Gau Bhakt, Kathakar

Pujya Ervad Dr Khushroo Homi Ghadiali

Parsi priest · Campus Director (B.Ed.), Som-Lalit, Ahmedabad

Shri Harsh Sanghavi

Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister

Padma Shri Dr Kumarpal Desai

Author and scholar; Trustee, Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad

Photograph of Dr Kumarpal Desai: Krupa Detholia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0

Padma Shri Dr Saryu Doshi

Art historian; Founder Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

Dr Sachchidanand Joshi

Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

Dr Jasvant Modi

Co-founder, Vardhamana Charitable Foundation, USA

Prof. (Dr.) Anirban Dash

Project Director, Gyan Bharatam Mission, Ministry of Culture

Dr Arvind P. Jamkhedkar

Former Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research

Prof. Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari

Chairman, Indian Art History Congress; formerly Professor, BHU, Varanasi

Shri Dilip C. Chandan

Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in Gujarat; MD, Chandan Steel Ltd

Dr Shubha Majumder

Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Vadodara Circle

Shri Vishnu Shankar Jain

Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Padma Shri Achyut Palav

Calligrapher; expert in the Devanagari script

Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi

Vice-Chancellor, Nalanda University, Rajgir

Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi

Vice-Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi

Dr Ujwala Chakradeo

Former Vice-Chancellor, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai

Shri Prashant Pole

Writer on India's knowledge traditions

Smt. Priyam Gandhi-Mody

Author; Executive Director, Future Economic Cooperation Council

Dr Abhijit Dandekar

Associate Professor of Epigraphy and Numismatics, Deccan College, Pune

Prof. (Dr.) Bhalchandra Bhanage

Vice-Chancellor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Prof. (Dr.) Abhay Kumar Singh

Vice-Chancellor, Jharkhand State Open University, Ranchi

Dr Kishorsinh N. Chavda

Vice-Chancellor, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat

Shri Gajraj Pagariya

Chancellor, MATS University, Raipur

Dr Mansukh Shah

Founder, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara

Shri Atul Jain

Vice-President, Deendayal Research Institute, New Delhi

Dr Arupa Lahiry

Regional Director, IGNCA Regional Centre, Vadodara

Prof. Jagat Ram Bhattacharyya

Former Professor of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, Visva-Bharati

Prof. (Dr.) Parul Shah

Bharatanatyam guru; former Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts, MSU Baroda

Dr Deepak Koirala

All-India Head, Gurukul activity, Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal

Dr Sejal Shah

Scholar of Gujarati literature; Editor, Prabuddha Jivan, Mumbai

Dr Devendra Kumar Sharma

Assistant Director of Archives, National Archives of India, New Delhi

Shri Vishwa Vora

Astrologer

Dr Jinesh Sheth

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Jain Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

Shri Anubhav Jain

PhD Researcher in Jaina Studies, SOAS University of London, UK

Smt. Mina Choksi

Calligrapher; Founder, KalaCircle, Jain Center of Southern California, USA

Prof. Dr. Made Sri Putri Purnamawati

Professor, UHN I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Dr Rajendrakumar Dabee

Head, School of Indological Studies, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius

Prof. Dr. Mokammal H. Bhuiyan

Professor of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Prof. Dr. Muhammed Shohrab Uddin

Professor and Head of Archaeology, Comilla University, Bangladesh

Prof. Dr. Md. Sherezzaman

Professor of History, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Dr N. A. Dhammika Jayasinghe

Senior Lecturer, Department of Sinhala, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

H.H. Rajmata Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad

Chancellor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

H.H. Maharaja Samarjitsinh Gaekwad

Maharaja of Baroda

H.H. Maharani Radhikaraje Gaekwad

Maharani of Baroda

Shri Dileep Sanghani

Chairman, IFFCO; Director, Global Board, International Cooperative Alliance

Shri Sudhir Mehta

Chairman Emeritus, Torrent Group

Sheth Shri Samvegbhai Lalbhai

President, Sheth Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi; Managing Director, Atul Ltd

Shri Shripal Shah

Trustee, Sheth Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi, Ahmedabad

Shri Deval Sheth

Managing Trustee, Sheth Jivandas Godidas Trust, Shankheshwar

Shri Uttamchand Jain

Founder Director, Neon Laboratories Ltd, Mumbai

Shri Hitesh Doshi

Chairman and Managing Director, Waaree Group

Dr Girish Shah

Founder and Managing Trustee, Samast Mahajan

Shri Virendra Shah

Trustee, Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, Mumbai

Shri Vilas Rathod

President, Shwetambar Sthanakvasi Jain Sakal Sangh, Pune District

Shri Jai Kumar Kankaria

Industrialist, Kolkata

Shri Deepak C. Mehta

Chairman and Managing Director, Deepak Nitrite Ltd, Vadodara

Dr Niranjan Hiranandani

Co-founder and Managing Director, Hiranandani Group, Mumbai

Shri Nimesh Kampani

Founder and Chairman, JM Financial Group, Mumbai

Photograph of Shri Nimesh Kampani: JMFLDigital, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0

Shri Krishna Rana

Chairman and Managing Director, Platinum Industries Ltd, Mumbai

Dr Suraj Pandit

Archaeologist; Vice-Principal, Sathaye College, Mumbai

Smt. Sharmila Oswal

Chairman, Indian Council for Conscious Civilisation, Pune

Smt. Tejaswinee Pathak

Expert in the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts

Shri Kushal Bhansali

Managing Director, M P Steel (India) Ltd, Ahmedabad

Shri Hasmukh D. Rambhia

President and Trustee, Malad Kandivli Education Society (MKES), Mumbai

Shri Ketan Shah

Ahmedabad