Departments

References: **Secretariat department: Policy making and administrative department of the government. Headed by a Secretary to Government. **Directorate/Commissionerate/Agencies: Executive or field, operational department of the government. Headed by a Director/Commissioner/Technical Head.

Secretariat Departments

* Agricultural Development and Farmers Welfare Department * Animal Husbandry Department * Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) Department * Archaeology Department * Backward Communities Development Department * Department of Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation * Co-operation Department * Department of Consumer Affairs * Department of Cultural Affairs * Department of Dairy Development * Department of Environment * Department of Election * Department of Electronics and Information Technology * Finance Department * Fisheries and Ports Department * Forests and Wildlife Department * Food and Civil Supplies Department * General Education Department * General Administration Department * Higher Education Department *

Home Department The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is the United Kingdom's interior ministry. It is responsible for public safety and policing, border security, immigr ...

* Health and Family Welfare Department * Housing Department * Industries and Commerce Department * Information & Public Relations Department * Labour and Skills Department * Law Department * Local Self-Government Department * Minority Welfare Department * Non Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) Department * Planning and Economic Affairs Department * Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department * Parliamentary Affairs Department * Power Department *

Public Works Department This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure. See also * Public works * Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...

* Registration Department * Revenue Department * Sainik Welfare Department * Science & Technology Department * Social Justice Department * Sports & Youth Affairs Department * Scheduled Castes Development Department * Scheduled Tribes Development Department * Stores Purchase Department * Taxes Department * Tourism Department * Transport Department * Vigilance Department * Water Resources Department * Women and Child Development Department * Western Ghats Cell

Directorates/Commissionerates/Child Agencies/

* Archaeology Department * Commissionerate of Land Revenue * Commissionerate of Civil Supplies * Commissionerate of Food Safety * Commissionerate of Rural Development * Commissionerate of Housing * Commissionerate of Labour * Directorate of Collegiate Education * Directorate of General Education * Directorate of Health Services * Directorate of Medical Education * Directorate of Survey and Land Records * Directorate of Minority Welfare * Directorate of Industries and Commerce * Directorate of Handlooms and Textiles * Directorate of Social welfare * Directorate of Coir development * Directorate of Factories and Boilers * Directorate of Prosecution * Directorate of Panchayats * Directorate of Ayurveda Medical Education * Directorate of Environment and Climate Change * Directorate of Survey and Land Records * Directorate of Indian System of Medicine * Directorate of Homeopathic Medicine * Drugs Control Department * Department of Urban Affairs * Electrical Inspectorate, Kerala * Ground Water Department, Kerala *

Kerala Excise The Kerala State Excise is the law enforcement agency for excise and narcotics in state of Kerala, India. Kerala Excise has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital, and is headed by the Excise Commissioner, with the rank of Ad ...

Kerala Fire and Rescue Services The Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, often referred to as ''Kerala Fire Force'', is the service department of the Government of Kerala whose function is to fight fires and provide relief measures in times of calamities and disasters in Kerala. ...

* Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department * Kerala Motor Vehicles Department *

Kerala Police The Kerala Police is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Kerala. Kerala Police has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The motto of the force is "Mridhu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye" which means "Soft in Temperament, ...

* Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services * Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Department * Kerala Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau *

Kerala Public Works Department Kerala Public Works Department (KPWD) is a department under the Government of Kerala, government of the state of Kerala, India. It manages the construction and maintenance of civil structures owned by the government viz; government buildings, g ...

* Legal Metrology Department * Mining and Geology Department * Treasury Department * Technical Education Department * Town Planning Department *

Kerala State Water Transport Department Kerala State Water Transport Department (SWTD) is a governmental department that regulates the inland navigation systems in the Indian state of Kerala and provides inland water transport facilities. The department is headed by the State Mini ...

Developmental authorities

Greater Cochin Development Authority Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) is a statutory body headquartered in Kadavanthra, Kerala, India, established in 1976. It is responsible for the development planning of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (except two wards), nine adjac ...

(GCDA) * Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority (TRIDA) *

Goshree Islands Development Authority Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) is a government body established in 1994. It is responsible for the development planning of eight island gram panchayats in Ernakulam district and two wards (Thanthonnithuruthu and Fort Vypeen) of Koch ...

Autonomous bodies, cultural and other institutions

* ADAK * Alappuzha Canal Management Society * ANERT * Co-Operative Academy of Professional Education (CAPE) * Energy Management Centre (EMC) * Food Craft Institute - Kerala, under the Dept. of Tourism * Information Kerala Mission (IKM) * ICCN * IHTT * Institute of Land Management * Institute of Management in Government * Kerala Aviation Training Centre * KBPS * Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion (K-BIP) * KCHR *

Kerala Folklore Akademi Kerala ( , ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Can ...

* KSCSTE KFRI * KGMOA * Kerala Health Research Welfare Society * Kerala Rural Employment and Welfare Society * Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation * Kerala Industrial Revitalisation Fund Board * Kerala Institute of Labour and Employment * KILA * Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS) *

Kerala Kalamandalam Kerala Kalamandalam, a deemed-to-be-University of Art and Culture by the Government of India, is a major centre for learning Indian performing arts, especially those that developed in the country's southern states, with special emphasis on tho ...

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Kerala Lalithakala Akademi () is an autonomous cultural organization established in Kerala, India, in 1962. Its primary purpose is to promote and propagate fine arts such as painting, sculpture, and visual arts in the state. The Akademi funct ...

* Kerala Press Academy * Kerala Rural Development and Marketing Society * Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency *

Kerala Sahitya Akademi The Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam Literature is an autonomous body established to promote the Malayalam language and Malayalam literature, literature. It is situated in the city of Thrissur, Kerala in India. History The acad ...

* Kerala State Science and Technology Museum * KSCSTE * The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Science and Technology Museum Campus, Vikas Bhavan PO, Thiruvananthapuram * Kerala State Information Technology Mission * Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature * Kerala State Nirmathi Kendra * Kerala State Pharmacy Council * Kerala State Planning Board * KSPCB * Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre * Kerala State Social Welfare Advisory Board * Kerala State Veterinary Council * Kerala State Youth Welfare Board * Kerala Wakf Board * Kerala Water Authority * LBS Centre for Science and Technology * KSCSTE MBGIPS * MCC Thalassery * Medical Council and Nursing Council * Multi Purpose Cultural Complex Society * Nava Kerala Mission * NISH * KSCSTE NATPAC * People's Action for Development (Kerala) * Public Sector Restructuring and Internal Audit Board * RGCB * RCC Thiruvananthapuram * RIO Thiruvananthapuram * Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation Centre * State Advisory Contract Labour Board * State Agricultural Prices Board * SCERT * State Institute of Encyclopedic Publications * State Institute of Language * State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) * State Resource Centre, Kerala * Thenmala Eco Tourism Promotion Society * Theerapatham Urban Development Project, Thiruvananthapuram * KSCSTE JNTBGRI Palode * Vasthuvidya Gurukulam

Welfare fund boards

* Kerala Abkari Workers Welfare Fund Board * Kerala Agricultural Workers Welfare Fund Board * Kerala

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Leaf Workers Welfare Fund Board * Kerala Fishermen Welfare Fund Board * Kerala Handloom Workers Welfare Fund Board * Kerala Tailoring Workers Welfare Fund Board * Kerala Toddy Workers Welfare Fund Board

Universities

APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) is a state public technological university headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. KTU is an All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) ...

(KTU) *

Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a state government-owned autonomous university in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was founded in 1971 and has three campuses: two in Kochi (Kalamassery and Ernakulam) and one in Kuttanad, Alapp ...

(CUSAT) *

Kannur University Kannur University is a multi-campus public university established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad districts of Kerala, India. It serves the region of North Malabar. It was established after the ...

(KU) *

Kerala Agricultural University Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is a State university (India), state university for agricultural education, recognised as a State Agricultural University by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It is situated in Vellanikkara ...

(KAU) *

Kerala University of Health Sciences Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) is a state university located in Thrissur, Kerala, India. It was established by the Kerala University of Health Sciences Act 2010, for ensuring proper and systematic instruction, teaching, training ...

(KUHS) * Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) *

Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) is a Sanskrit university in India established in 1993 When Indian Union Muslim league leader Sri. ET Muhammed Basheer was the. Education minister of Kerala in Kalady, Kochi, Kerala. The founda ...

(SSUS) *

University of Calicut The University of Calicut, also known as Calicut University, is a State ownership, state-run public university headquartered at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district of the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1968, it is the first university to ...

(UoC) *

University of Kerala University of Kerala (formerly known as University of Travancore) is a state-run public university in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithi ...

(UoK) * Digital University (DUK) *

Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) is a university established by the Government of Kerala devoted to studies in fisheries and ocean sciences. The bill seeking to establish the university was passed by the Kerala Legis ...

(KUFOS) *

Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) is a university established by the Government of Kerala in December 2010 to further education, research and extension services in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Animal ...

(KVASU) *

(KK) *

Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, also called Malayalam University, is a state university in Tirur, Kerala, India. History It was established by the Government of Kerala and inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on 1 November ...

(MU)

Independent Agencies/Bodies/ Constitutional body

Constitutional bodies

Kerala Public Service Commission The Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) is a government body in the state of Kerala, India, responsible for recruiting candidates for various state government jobs through competitive examinations. It was established in 1956 by the provision ...

* Kerala State Election Commission * Kerala State Finance Commission

Statutory bodies

* Kerala Women's Commission * Kerala State Planning Board * Kerala State Pollution Control Board * Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission * Kerala State Youth Commission * Kerala State Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Commission

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerala State Government Organizations, List of State Government Organizations Lists of government agencies in India Public sector in Kerala