Dr. Sanjay Raval
Dr. Sanjay Raval
Head of Department of Statistics
M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Statistics)
PROFILE
Dr. Sanjay Raval is a distinguished academician with over 27 years of extensive experience in higher education, specializing in the field of Statistics. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer and the Head of the Department of Statistics at S.L.U. Arts and H.& P. Thakore Commerce College. Throughout his career, Dr.Raval has demonstrated a deep commitment to institutional development, research mentoring, and rigorous statistical analysis, contributing significantly to both university examinations and curriculum design.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Dr. Sanjay Raval’s primary research interests lie at the intersection of Applied Statistics, Operational Research, and Econometric Modeling. A significant portion of his research focuses on optimization techniques, specifically the formulation of optimum replacement policies and decision-making frameworks under varying operational costs, inflationary environments, and structural constraints in industrial engineering. His work heavily utilizes advanced statistical methodologies, including parametric sensitivity analysis, the properties and asymptotic results of elliptical and complex elliptical distributions, and the empirical evaluation of production functions (such as the CES and CDPF models) applied to India’s industrial and manufacturing sectors. Additionally, Dr.Raval is actively engaged in applied statistical analysis for socioeconomic sectors, tracking public health expenditures, consumer relationship management (CRM) practices via probability distributions, and the structural integration of digital technologies and education frameworks in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP 2020).
UNIVERSITY RECOGNITIONS
Dr. Sanjay Raval has earned prestigious academic and research recognitions from multiple prominent universities, validating his expertise across undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral tiers of education. He has been officially recognized as an Undergraduate (UG) Teacher in Statistics by Gujarat University since August 1997, and subsequently achieved recognition as a Post Graduate (PG) Teacher in Statistics in October 2007. Expanding his contributions to advanced scientific research, Dr. Raval was appointed as an approved Ph.D. Research Supervisor under the Faculty of Science by C.U. Shah University in August 2014, and further received his formal doctoral supervisor recognition from Gujarat University in August 2015.
ARTICLES
- Dr. Raval co-authored the paper titled 'Digital Education and Technology Integration in Higher Education: Students Perspectives in the Context of NEP 2020', published in AARSI (ISSN: 2331-2897) in June 2026, pp. 82-87.
- Published a study on educational frameworks titled 'Quality Circles (QC) Ideology In Education' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in December 2025 (NSV 21, No. 4, pp. 61-68).
- Published environmental research titled 'Total Quality Management For Environmental Science' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in September 2025 (NSV 21, No. 3, pp. 56-60).
- Contributed to specialized statistical methodology with the article 'Asymptotic Confidence Bounds on Location Parameter' in SankhyaVignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in June 2025 (NSV 21, No. 2, pp. 59-73).
- Published theoretical advancements titled 'Some Asymptotic Results Associated With Elliptical Distributions' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in March 2025 (NSV 21, No. 1, pp. 37-42).
- Published a targeted research note titled 'Research Note on Elliptical and Complex Elliptical Distributions' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in December 2024 (NSV 20, No. 4, pp. 30-35).
- Investigated market mechanics in the paper 'Market Equilibrium Under The Dynamic States For The Demand and Supply Functions', published in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in June 2024 (NSV 20, No. 2, pp. 56-61).
- Analyzed industrial operations via 'Analysis of CES Production Function Model Under Non-Neutral Technological Progress for Industrial Sector of India' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in June 2022 (NSV 18, No. 2, pp. 28-36).
- Published 'Parametric Sensitivity Analysis Pertaining to CES Production Function Model for Industrial Sector of all India' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in March 2022 (NSV 18, No. 1, pp. 69-77).
- Published an econometric evaluation titled 'Regression analysis for sensitivity indices corresponding to non neutral CDPF for industrial sector of all India' in SankhyaVignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in September 2021 (NSV 17, No. 3, pp. 34-43).
- Investigated corporate metrics in the banking sector with 'Analysis of mediating effect of customer satisfaction relationship between service quality of CRM practices and customer loyalty in banking sector' in SEMCOM Management & Technology Review (ISSN: 2321-5968) in March 2021.
- Published corporate insights on 'Impact of Marketing Expenses on Net Income of Microsoft Company' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in June 2020.
- Applied stochastic frameworks in the paper 'Customer Relationship Management (CRM) viewed by and by analysed by Probability Distribution', published in the International Journal of Science & Research (ISSN: 2319-7064) in March 2020.
- Published 'A Study of Total Factor Productivity for Manufacturing Industries of India' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in December 2019.
- Analyzed marketing dynamics in 'Impact of Advertising Expenditure on Sales For Some FMCG Companies' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in June 2018.
- Published international trade analytics titled 'Influence of Advertising Expenditures on Sales Growth for Amazon Company' in the International Journal of Management Research and Business Strategy (ISSN: 2319-345X) in January 2018.
- Published healthcare analytics titled 'Statistical Analysis for Health Expenditures by Gujarat State Government in India' in the Research Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Science (ISSN: 2320-6047) in September 2017.
- Contributed a socioeconomic review titled 'A Brief Note on Social Sector development indicators' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in December 2015.
- Published corporate decision models titled 'Optimum Replacement Policy Decisions in certain Replacement Models under varying conditions' in the Journal of Commerce and Management (ISSN: 2279-225X) in late 2015.
- Published an energy sector analysis titled 'Regression Analysis for Sectoral Power Consumption in Gujarat' in Sankhya Vignan (ISSN: 2321-0877) in June 2015.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
- Presented a paper titled 'Digital Education and Technology Integration in Higher Education: Students Perspectives in the Context of NEP 2020' at the National Conference organized by SLU Arts H.& P. Thakore Commerce College for Women on April 11, 2026.
- Presented 'Statistical analysis for health expenditures by Gujarat State government in India' at the International Science Community Association Conference held in Maharashtra in December 2016.
- Presented an institutional assessment titled 'Brief review for quality of education in institutions of Gujarat State' at the National Conference organized jointly by H L College of Commerce & A G Teachers College in September-October 2016.
- Presented industrial research titled 'Optimum replacement policy for conveyor belt pulley plastic Paint Industry of India' at the ORSI National Conference conducted by the Calcutta Business School in January 2012.
- Presented a comprehensive review titled 'A Survey of Replacement Models' at the International Conference sponsored by UGC, Gujarat, and DST in Ahmedabad in December 2011.
- Presented an operational research model titled 'Optimum replacement policy for decision making approach: An Application pertaining to Engineering Industry' at the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI) National Conference at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad in December 2000.
RESEARCH MENTORSHIP & PH.D. GUIDANCE
- As an approved doctoral supervisor, Dr.Raval has actively contributed to expanding scientific inquiry and research capacity in statistical sciences. He has successfully guided three (3) Ph.D. scholars to the completion of their doctoral degrees in Statistics at Gujarat University.
OTHER REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS/ACTIVITIES
- Dr.Raval has performed duty as an Observer in various centers of Gujarat University and as a Senior Supervisor in the Examinations held by the College and Gujarat University.
- He has performed role of Paramarshak in text book of statistics std-12 (Gujarati Medium), Gujarat State Board in September 2016.
- He has also performed duty as an Assistant Coordinator in Sem-II B.Com examination of Gujarat University in April/May- 2015, Sem I & II in 2016.
- He has performed duty as an Assistant Coordinator in B.Com examination of Gujarat University Sem III & IV in 2020- 21 and 2021-22 and as an Assistant Coordinator in M.Com examination of Gujarat University in 2022-23.
- Dr.Raval has been associated with Examination work organized by NTA (National Testing Agency) since 2019.
- He has performed the role of a paper setter and moderator in UG-PG Commerce since 2017 and as a Committee member in centralized admission for UG-PG Commerce 2020-21 & 2022-23 at the Gujarat University.