Career
He was the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University. Dolarrai Mankad was born in Kutch on 29 August 1970. After completing his primary and secondary education in Saurashtra, he went to Karachi.
There he joined Bharat Sarasvati Mandir as an assistant teacher for 1923-1925, after which he became the principal of the same institution again for a term of 2 years.
In 1927 he joined Doctorate. J. Science College as a professor for Gujarati language and Sanskrit. He held this office till the partition of India.
Then he came to India and became the principal of Vithalbhai Patel University, again for a 2-year term. In coming 7 years, he held the same office in Darbar Gopaldas University.
Then he became the director of Haribhai Research Center.
Then he went forward to became the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University, and held this position until his death.