Govindbhai Shekhda () was an academic, politician and activist, born in

Junagadh Junagadh () is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. It i ...

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. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in

agricultural science Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Professio ...

at College of Agriculture. His political career spanned from a village

Sarpanch A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...

to a member of parliament for

representing

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in the

9th Lok Sabha The 9th Lok Sabha (2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991) was elected during elections in 22–26 November 1989. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. Twelve sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected ...

. Later, after serving as director of campus for Junagadh Campus for six years he served the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University in the capacity of

vice chancellor A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth countr ...

Family

His son Atul Shekhda contested as a candidate for member of parliament in the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (2 June 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National ...

for

. However, he lost against BJP's Rajeshbhai Chudasama.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shekhda, Govindbhai Lok Sabha members from Gujarat Janata Dal politicians India MPs 1989–1991 Year of birth missing Possibly living people People from Junagadh