As R. S. Kye has written in the article "Professor with a mission", "Dhanjoo Ghista is a professor of professors, a world authority in biomedical engineering and physics, author or editor of several textbooks in subjects ranging from cardiovascular physics to African Rural Development and inventor of life-saving implant devices. A pioneer of research into the effect of space travel on astronauts, his work as the founder and leading exponent of the new science of societal engineering has received recognition from academics and institutions alike."

Along with having being editor-in-chief of Automedica (an international journal of high-tech medicine), Prof. Dr. Dhanjoo N. Ghista has published over 450 works in the fields of engineering science, biomedical engineering, medical science, and social sciences. He has also published 29 books on biomedical engineering, engineering physiology, cardiovascular physics, orthopedic mechanics, medical and life physics, spinal injury biomedical engineering, socio-economic democracy and world government, and African development. He is a pioneer in the fields of biomedical engineering, healthcare engineering and management, governance and economy, and urban-rural sustainable community development, and is committed to the advancement of rural communities and developing countries.

In projecting a visionary perspective on the role of a university in society, Prof. Ghista states: " A university is verily a laboratory for the development of a progressive society, by delineation of its ideals in all fields of human thought and endeavor, and by the development of education and research programs for imparting these ideals. A university hence needs to have a pulse of the problems challenging society and a clear delineation of its role in cultivating the requisite solutions for its progress."