Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Bombay Presidency, British India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Acharya Anandshankar Dhruv.

Gujarat Arts & Science College, popularly and previously known as Gujarat College, is one of the oldest educational institutions of India and the second arts and science college of Gujarat, near Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad. It was founded in 1845 as a government-run educational institute, was established as a regular college in 1850, and is now under the direct management of the Education Department of the Government of Gujarat.