Dr.K.Neelakantan Namboodiripad, assumed charge of Principal, MET'S School of Engineering, Mala on 24 th September 2007.

His Graduation and Post graduation in Chemical Engineering was from Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi in 1969 and 1971 respectively. He took Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur with specialization in Chemical reaction Engineering. He has worked as Professor and Head of Department for more than two decades. During 1992, he was appointed as Principal, Govt.Engineering College, Thrissur. Thereafter he was appointed as Senior Joint Director of Technical Education, Kerala State with effect from 1998. After retirement from Govt.Service, Dr. Neelakantan has worked in many self financing Engineering college as Principal. He has served as official member in many of the committees for betterment of Technical Education in the state, appointed by the Government of Kerala and Universities.