Dr.M.P.Chandrasekharan took his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from University of Kerala, M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and PhD in the area of Industrial Management from IIT Madras. He was the founder Director NIT Calicut.

Career Profile

Dean – Engineering – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore

• Founder Director, National Institute of Technology, Calicut: June 2002-June2003.

• Advisor, UPSC Selection Committee

• AICTE Representative for Asian Accreditation Accord 2001.

• Convener, Kerala State Committee to revamp entrance exams 1999.

• Delivered the F W Taylor Memorial Lecture in the Annual Convention of Institution of Engineers (India) 2002, at Chennai.

• Referee to Six International Journals

Social Contributions
Led an expert team to investigate the reasons of the Rail Accident dated 22.06.2001 on Bridge No. 924 (Kadalundy)