Principal Dinesh Panjwani (b 23 May 1957), academician and administrator, has been the Principal of Smt Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College, Ulhasnagar since 2000; He is the Director of Campus Development of the Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board (HSNC Board), of which the College is a part. In the current academic year he has taken lien from the College to take Charge as the Principal of R D National College, Bandra, the pioneering College of the HSNC Board in post independence India.

Principal Panjwani has been instrumental in the establishment and development of three Colleges - the L H Hiranandani College of Pharmacy, the Nari Gurshahani College of Law and the H and G M College of Management Studies at the SCHM Campus in the past nine years. He is also the Director of College Unit of the Yashwantrao Chawan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU).

A rank holder graduate of the University of Rajasthan, where Principal Dinesh Panjwani completed his M Sc, he holds the M Phil degree of the University of Mumbai. He began his academic career at KC College as a Lecturer in the Department of Statistics in 1979, where he worked as the Vice Principal from 1992 to 1998. As the NSS Co-ordinator of the University of Mumbai (on deputation) from 1998 to 2000, he coordinated the Social Work activities of 28000 student-volunteers and 280 teachers, designated as Programme Officers of 160 Colleges.

His interest in research resulted in the formulation of the 3R concept ‘Reach the Reachable Rightly’. Four research papers of his have been accepted by and presented at leading International Forums of Adult Education - at New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey in America, the 15th EAN Annual Conference, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, at Adults Education Regional Centre, Ministry of Education and Research, Alaxandru Ioan Qza University, IASI, Romania and at ALARMP 7th & PAR 11th World Congress Action Research Standard Ethics Groniningen, Netherlands.

The community publications of Principal Panjwani include a Marathi Translation of 35 Volumes of the WHO Manual Training in the Community for People with Disabilities, Articles / Reports on Workers Literacy Programme for Industrial Workers, Documented guidelines for Literacy Programmes for the NSS Volunteers of the University of Mumbai NSS Cell and Reports on the Field Projects with Research Inputs, undertaken as Regular and Special Camping NSS Projects.

Principal Dinesh Panjwani has pioneered a number of innovative projects in Community Welfare and Adult Education. The Chief among these are:

• Learn While You Work - An Adult Literacy Programme for Industrial Workers
• Community- Based Rehabilitation - A Comprehensive Health Cum Education program aimed at deprived sections of society
• Formulation of the Adult Literacy Policy Document for University of Mumbai
• The Good Earth Project on Environment in collaboration with the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
• Clean Ulhasnagar – Healthy Ulhasnagar – a Study of the Civic Amenities provided by the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
• Clean Up of Waldhuni River at Ulhasnagar

The Outreach-and-Community-oriented aptitude of Principal Panjwani has led him to take active 
initiatives in the establishment of the pioneering College level UGC-sponsored Women’s Studies 
Centre and the Gandhian Studies Centre at Smt CHM College. He has also pioneered the 
establishment of the National Youth Network (NYN) to involve the University Youth on the 
nationallevel in the social service  sector to reach out to students directly, with 
institutions working as facilitators.

The other affiliations of Principal Panjwani include:
• Member of the Senate of the University of Mumbai, elected from the Principals’ Constituency
• Member of the Academic Council and the Management Council of the University of Mumbai
• Member of the Academic Council of the YCMOU
• Member of the Asia Pacific Regional Council of the International Baccalaureate Organisation
• Member of the Planning and Programming Committee of Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
• Chairman of various Sports Committees of the University of Mumbai
• Member of various committees of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
• Observer of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to oversee the selection process for promotion from Reader to Professor
• UGC Observer for UGC Test for National Eligibility Test and Junior Research Fellowship
• Member, Kaivalyadhama, (Lonavala, Maharashtra) a Premier Research International Institute of Yoga.