Colonel Sanjay Gokhale has 36 years of experience in the fields of Engineering and Administration. He has worked across domains such as establishment, estate management, campus planning, engineering, project management, and material management with the Indian Army and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai. He has completed an MTech in Energy and Environmental Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and a BS in Physics (Major) and a BTech in Mechanical Engineering.

He began his career as an Army officer in the Corps of Engineers in June 1988, soon after passing out of the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. He took premature retirement from the Army as a Colonel in 2017 and joined TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), subsequently as Deputy Registrar, and also officiated as Registrar before joining Ahmedabad University. In his 36-year career, he has served the entire length and breadth of the country, besides a stint with the United Nations in Sudan (Africa) as a peacekeeper.

As a Registrar at Ahmedabad University, he will be the Member Secretary of the Board and will be engaging with the regulators. He will also be responsible for compliance and the custody of records, the common seal, and other property of the University.