Dr. Sankaran Palani earned his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Madras in 1966. He then obtained a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Control Systems Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1968 and completed his Ph.D.

in Control Systems Engineering at the University of Madras in 1982. With over four decades of teaching experience, he began his career in 1968 at the Regional Engineering College (now known as the National Institute of Technology) in Tiruchirappalli, where he was part of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) department. During his tenure, he held various positions, including Professor and Head of the department, and he played a crucial role in establishing the Instrumentation and Control Engineering department. After more than thirty years of dedicated service at REC Tiruchirappalli, he took on the role of Founder Principal at Sudharsan Engineering College in Pudukkottai. There, he successfully established multiple departments and developed extensive infrastructure. He has published over a hundred research papers in reputed international journals. Under his guidance, 17 research scholars were awarded Ph.D.