Senate

The Senate decides the academic policy of the Institute. It controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations and results. There are two Senate subcommittees: the Board of Academic Courses and the Board of Academic Research which work together to assist with the academic administration of the Institute.

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Chairperson: Prof. P. B. Sunil Kumar, Director, IIT Palakkad

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Members: Prof. Pramod S Mehta (Mechanical Engineering)

Prof. S H Kulkarni (Mathematics)

Prof. Tom V Mathew (Civil Engineering)

Prof. Jagadeesh Bayry (Biological Sciences and Engineering)

Dr. Sovan Lal Das (Dean Academics)

Dr. Santhakumar Mohan (Dean ICSR)

Dr. T N C Anand (Dean Student Affairs)

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan (Dean Administration)

Dr. Sudheesh T.K. (Civil Engineering)

Dr. Piyush P Kurur (Computer Science and Engineering)

Dr. Revathy Padmanabhan (Electrical Engineering)

Dr. Dupadu Chakradhar (Mechanical Engineering)

Dr. Dinesh Jagadeesan (Chemistry)

Dr. Jayakumar Balakrishnan (Physics)

Dr. C.R. Jayanarayanan (Mathematics)

Dr. Reenu Punnoose (Humanities and Social Sciences)

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External Members:

Prof. Suresh Govindarajan (Department of Physics, IIT Madras)

Prof. Harishankar Ramachandran (Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras)

Prof. M Suresh Babu (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras)

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Invitees:

Dr. Deepak Rajendraprasad (Associate Dean Academics UG, IIT Palakkad)

Dr. Uma Divakaran (Associate Dean Academics PG, IIT Palakkad)

Prof. Job Kurian (IIT Palakkad)

Prof. K. P. Sudheer (Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras & Executive Vice Chairman, KSCSTE)

Prof. Krishna Sivalingam (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras)

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Special Invitees: Academic Affairs Secretary, Student General Secretary, Post Graduate Affairs Secretary and Research Affairs Secretary of IIT Palakkad

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Secretary: Col. S. Chakraborty (Retd.), Registrar, IIT Palakkad

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Board of Academic Courses

Chairperson: Dr. Sovan Lal Das, Dean (Academics)

Ex-Officio Members: Dr. T. N. C. Anand (Dean Student Affairs), Dr. Uma Divakaran (Associate Dean Academics PG), Dr. Deepak Rajendraprasad (Associate Dean Academics UG)

Members: Dr.Praveena Gangadharan (CE), Dr. Sandeep Chandran (CSE), Dr. Sukomal Dey (EE), Dr. Krishna Sesha Giri (ME), Dr. Padmesh A. (CHE), Dr. Prithvi Narayan P. (PHY), Dr.Sarath Sasi (MA), Dr. Divya P. V. (CE), Dr. D. Chakradar (ME), Dr. Sahely Bhadra (CSE), Dr. Jasine Babu (CSE), Dr. Arun Rahul (EE), Dr. Vivek Chaturvedi (CSE), Dr. Anoop George (HSS)

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Board of Research

Chairperson: Dr. Sovan Lal Das, Dean (Academics)

Ex-Officio Members: Dr. Uma Divakaran (Associate Dean Academics PG) Dr. Santhakumar Mohan (Dean ICSR)

Members: Dr. Afzaal Ahmed (ME), Dr. Jaikrishnan Janardhanan (MA), Dr. Shaikshavali Chitraganti (EE), Dr. Albert Sunny (CSE), Dr. Amit Kumar Pal (PHY), Dr. C V Veena Venudharan (CE), Dr. Sujatha G (HSS), Dr. Supratik Sen Mojumdar (CHE)

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