Lt Col Pankajakshan K (Retd) is the Chief Administrative Officer of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) He is a graduate in Science and also having technical qualifications of B Tech in Civil Engineering and M Tech in Construction Technology. Currently he is pursuing PhD in Construction Management.
He has 34 years of commissioned service in the Indian Army as an Engineer Officer and handled many important positions like Senior Administrative posts, Executive Engineer in MES, Project Manager of Indian Naval Academy project and Commanding Officer of NCC unit at NIT Surathkal.
After retirement from Army he has served as Registrar of NIT Calicut from Oct 2016 to Oct 2021. As Registrar he assigned the positions of Member Secretary to the Finance Committee, Senate, Building works committee and the Secretary to Board of Governors. During the period he had good interactions with the students and chaired the sports committee of the Institute.
He joined Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) in Nov 2021 and managing Campus administration, Security, Transport, Housekeeping, Public relations, Project and maintenance. He is the Nodal Officer for Anti Ragging in the University and his endeavor is to make the Campus free from ragging and substance abuse and mould the students of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University)to pass out as best professionals of our Nation.