Governance

The Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad is an autonomous statutory organisation functioning within the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961. All the IITs are administered centrally by the IIT Council, an apex body established by the Government of India. The Minister of Education, Government of India, is the Chairperson of the Council. Each IIT has a Board of Governors responsible for its overall administration and control. The other statutory bodies are a) the Senate which is responsible for all academic matters, b)  the Finance Committee which provides guidance and advice on all policy matters, and c) the Building and Works Committee which is responsible for all capital works and matters relating to building premises and maintenance activities.


Board of Governors

Chairperson

Shri. Ramesh Venkateswaran, Adjunct Faculty, IIM Bangalore and IIM Udaipur

Members

Prof. A. Seshadri Sekhar, Director, IIT Palakkad (Ex-officio Member)

Smt. Saumya Gupta,  Joint Secretary (TE), Ministry of Education

Smt. Ishita Roy IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala (Ex-officio Member)

Shri. A. Anbarasu, Principal Secretary (Education), Department of Education, UTLA

Prof. L. S. Ganesh, IIT Madras

Dr. Subbiah Shanmugam, Professor,  Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

Shri. Raghu Verabelli, Managing Partner, CGK Technologies , Hyderabad

Dr. Jayakumar Balakrishnan, IIT Palakkad

Dr. Samarjeet Chanda, IIT Palakkad

Dr. B. V. Ramesh, Registrar, IIT Palakkad (Secretary to the BoG)

 

Minutes of meeting


Finance Committee

(Office Order Reference IITPKD/RO/FC/2020-21/004 dated 03/09/2020)

Chairperson: Shri. Ramesh Venkateswaran, Adjunct Faculty, IIM Bangalore and IIM Udaipur

Members

Prof. A. Seshadri Sekhar, Director, IIT Palakkad

Smt. Saumya Gupta, Joint Secretary (TE), MoE, Government of India

Sh. Sanjog Kapoor, JS & FA, Department of Higher Education, MoE, Government of India

Prof. Ligy Philip, Dean (Planning), IIT Madras

Prof. Tom V Mathew, Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay

Dr. B. V. Ramesh  Registrar,  IIT Palakkad (Member Secretary)

 

Minutes of Meeting


Building & Works Committee

Chairperson: Prof. A. Seshadri Sekhar, Director, IIT Palakkad

Members

Shri Vivek Shankar Prasad,Chief Engineer, CPWD, Trivandrum.

Prof. S A Sannasiraj, Chairman, Engineering Unit, IIT Madras.

Shri S Ramanujam, Rtd Director, DCSEM, DAE, Mumbai.

Shri P Soundararaj, Rtd DDG, CPWD, Chennai.

Shri Rajeev K K, Deputy Chief Engineer (E), KSEB, Palakkad.

Dr.V. Senthilkumar, Chairman, Engineering Works Department, IIT Palakkad (Member Secretary).


Independent External Monitors

1. Shri. Ashok Kumar Poddar ( Office Order No.  IITPKD/DO/OO/2023/13  Dtd. 31 March 2023)

              Contact No: +91- 9999916638
              Email ID: ashokpoddar62@gmail.com

2. Shri. G Venugopal Reddy  ( Office Order No.  IITPKD/DO/OO/2023/14  Dtd. 31 March 2023)

             Contact No: +91-9958293631
             Email ID: venu1960@gmail.com


Chief Vigilance Officer

Dr. Jasine Babu (Office Order Reference IITPKD/RO/2022/004 dated 07/2022)

             Email ID: cvo@iitpkd.ac.in