As Adviser at AICTE, he is responsible for improving quality of technical education in India through several initiatives. He has launched RPS, MODROBs, Hostel for SC ST students, Seminar Grant, Conference Grants and scholarship schemes for girl students, physically challenged students, SC ST, M. Tech. / M. Pharm. students. Special schemes for North East India are designed for their development. His focus is quality improvement through faculty training with the help of ISTE, IITs, NITs, QIP centers and internship for students across india through MSME.

Dr. S.K. Goel is Director, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He received his MBA and  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree in Management.

Having joined in AICTE in 1994,  he has been at the forefront of bringing in some radical changes for transparency and accountability in AICTE.

He was also a Member of Advisory body of Technical Education in the union territory of Andaman Nicobar. 

He started his academic career as a Lecturer in a Private Engineering College in Chennai (1985 to 2000). He has 15 years of teaching experience and 18 years of professional experience. His current interest is in the area of Supercritical Extraction, Environment Pollution, Computer Based Training and Instructional Design using Web Technology.   He is currently working in the field of Instructional Design using Web Based Networks.