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)
Shri. Rakesh Ranjan, Additional Secretary (TE), MHRD
Dr. V. Venu, Additional Chief 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. Sovan Lal Das, IIT Palakkad
Dr. Piyush P Kurur, IIT Palakkad
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan, Registrar (i/c), IIT Palakkad (Secretary to the BoG)
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
Shri. Rakesh Ranjan, Additional Secretary (TE), MHRD
Smt. Darshana Momaya Dabral, JS & FA, MHRD
Prof. Ligy Philip, Dean (Planning), IIT Madras
Prof. Tom V Mathew, Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan Registrar (i/c), IIT Palakkad (Member Secretary)
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).
