Dr.Ajoy Vijayan graduated in dentistry from the university of mangalore in 1994, and masters in oral & maxillofacial surgery from rajiv gandhi university of health sciences, bangalore in 2002. He had been actively into academics for the past 19 years, and was the professor & head of oral and maxillofacial surgery at kannur dental college and mahe institute of dental sciences ,puducherry . He had been an examiner at various universities, during his academic career and has published extensively in various journals.