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'''Harshad M. Desai''' is an educationist and academic from [[Gujarat]], India. He is a vice chancellor of Dharamsinh Desai University in [[Nadiad]], Gujarat.<ref name="AM">{{Cite web|date=2020-01-26|title=Eight from state get Padma awards|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/eight-from-state-get-padma-awards/articleshow/73620137.cms|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Ahmedabad Mirror}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-02-02|title=ભારત સરકાર દ્વારા ડો. હર્ષદ દેસાઈ અને યઝદી કરંજિયાને પદ્મશ્રીથી નવાજાયા|url=https://gujarattimesusa.com/%e0%aa%ad%e0%aa%be%e0%aa%b0%e0%aa%a4-%e0%aa%b8%e0%aa%b0%e0%aa%95%e0%aa%be%e0%aa%b0-%e0%aa%a6%e0%ab%8d%e0%aa%b5%e0%aa%be%e0%aa%b0%e0%aa%be-%e0%aa%a1%e0%ab%8b-%e0%aa%b9%e0%aa%b0%e0%ab%8d%e0%aa%b7/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225161654/https://gujarattimesusa.com/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A4-%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0-%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE-%E0%AA%A1%E0%AB%8B-%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B7/|archive-date=2022-02-25|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Gujarat Times|language=gu|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
==Career==<br />
Desai started his career as a lecturer and later served as the principal and director. He has served as the vice chancellor of the [[Gujarat University]]. He has also served as the vice president the [[Association of Indian Universities]] for two terms and the president of the same for a term (2014). He is also a member of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] and a member of the [[American Institute of Chemical Engineers]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
==Awards==<br />
Desai was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2020 for his contribution in literature and education.<ref name="AM" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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