Ankit M. Prajapati

Academic governance, accreditation, and digital transformation for a 51-programme, ~10,000-student private state university, reporting under the Dean's Office.

• verified Drafted and coordinated the university's first-ever NAAC Self-Study Report as IQAC SPoC, securing an A+ grade on the first attempt with direct recognition from university leadership.
• verified Delivered all 12 Thrust Areas on the COGENT NEP portal since state adoption (AY 2023-24 → AY 2025-26), placing the university at top ranking among peer institutions.
• on record Serve as NEP 2020 Coordinator and Single Point of Contact for the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, and primary institutional interface with DTE and GoG across 30+ submissions, renewals, and compliance cycles.
• on record Spearhead ERP and digital academic systems deployment across ~10,000 students, 350 faculty, and 700 staff, alongside Academic Planning, Operations & Monitoring responsibilities.
• on record Led facial-biometric attendance integration across the university's ~1,050-member faculty and staff base; act as escalation point for ERP and biometric vendor resolution.
• in progress Drive university-wide Academic Bank of Credits implementation with the Controller of Examination; hold operational leadership for Design Technology academic operations.
• on record Execute academic council, audit, subject-file, and credit-allocation processes across Major, Minor, VAC, and IKS categories on behalf of the Dean Academics office and IQAC.

Statewide digital infrastructure, procurement systems, and public distribution operations for a Government of Gujarat corporation, reporting to the IAS Managing Director & Chairman.

• on record Designed and delivered a daily statistical reporting system tracking real-time food-stock movement across 260 godowns, 35 DSM offices, and 31 DSO offices statewide, distributed directly to decision-making stakeholders.
• on record Co-supervised the Command & Control Centre initiative as one of two project leads, reporting directly to the IAS Managing Director & Chairman; oversaw a team of 12.
• on record Served as sole Website Nodal Officer for the corporation's public digital systems.
• on record Managed statewide Farmer Procurement Portal operations across two seasonal cycles annually, serving 50,000+ farmers per season.
• on record Coordinated statewide PDS operations and CCTV/digital-infrastructure rollout across the same 260-godown, 66-office network.
• on record Assisted 40+ tender and GeM procurement processes.

GTU-endorsed teaching and institute-wide administration across a seven-year tenure — the longest single chapter of the record.

• on record Taught 290+ students annually across multiple subjects and sections.
• on record Led institute-wide GTU Examination Coordination, overseeing the full examination process.
• on record Served as ACPC Nodal Officer for two academic years, coordinating state-level admission processes.
• verified Coordinated industry partnerships and job fairs, driving sustained improvement in student placement outcomes.
• on record Counselled and mentored 44 students per year; guided student start-up and innovation initiatives.

First academic-administrative posting; established the dual teaching-and-administration pattern that defined the following decade.

• verified Introduced a LaTeX-based technical review-paper requirement for 6th-semester students including formal presentation — embedding research-writing into the curriculum ahead of standard institutional practice.
• on record Managed academic scheduling, faculty coordination, and compliance documentation for 200+ students annually.

Undergraduate delivery and research support at a National Institute of Technology; the transition from industry into academia.

• on record Delivered the UG course Electromagnetic Wave & Radiating Systems to 150+ students.
• on record Served on the organising committee for an IEEE conference and contributed to a research publication.

Embedded software validation for Advanced Digital Set-Top Box systems at a global semiconductor company. The origin point of the record.

• on record Validated Set-Top Box software modules through test-case development, debugging (GDB/Bugzilla), and workflow automation.
• on record Built hands-on foundation in Linux environments, test automation, embedded-systems validation, and Python/C development.