Prof. Dhananjaya has over five decades of experience in Education, Institution planning, Strategy and Management. He was the Director (Technical), and currently Advisor, JSS group of Educational Institutions. Being an eminent educationist, a strategic thinker and a professional executive, he has been instrumental in the setting up of a large number of educational institutions and implementing innovative pedagogical models in them. He was the Special Officer to setup Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), and has been a member of several key committees at the State and the National level.