Anandshankar Dhruv

Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Bombay Presidency, British India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Acharya Anandshankar Dhruv. Dhruv was born in Ahmedabad on 25 February 1869. His father was an officer of Kathiawar Agency and worked as an agent of Baroda State after retirement. He studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age. While studying Master of Arts, he started teaching Sanskrit at Gujarat College in 1893. Later he taught at Elphinstone College for some years. He was appointed a Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in 1920. He performed the opening ceremony of The Modern School at Sicka Nagar, Bombay in 1936 established by Ramanbhai and Pushpaben Vakil. He was also a chairman of Inter University Board. He died on 7 April 1942.