KINFRANEWS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

‘ACQUIRE MORE LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT’

WG. CDR. K A SANTHOSH KUMAR, MD, KINFRA WELCOMING INDUSTRIES MINISTER E P JAYARAJAN

erala Industries Minister E implementing projects using Central KINFRA, Bureau of Indus- P Jayarajan emphasised the government funds,” he said. trial Promotion (K-BIP), Kerala Kneed for acquiring more A presentation representing State Industrial Enterprises (KSIE) land for industrial development in KINFRA’s comprehensive develop- and Small Industries Development the State to attract more investors. ment and activities was made before Corporation (SIDCO) under one “New innovative projects should the Minister, following which he roof in Thiruvananthapuram. be envisaged for attracting inves- interacted with the officials there. Dr. K Ellangovan IAS, Principal tors for the industrial development He lauded KINFRA’s performance Secretary, Department of Industries; of Kerala,” said E P Jayarajan, while over the last 25 years and said that M Prakashan Master, former MLA interacting with senior officials of the same performance should be and Private Secretary to Industrial KINFRA during his recent visit to carried forward. Minister; M Naseeruddin, Addi- the head office at Sasthamangalam “As the Minister suggested, we tional Private Secretary to Industries in Thiruvananthapuram. will take all necessary measures to Minister; Dr. T Unnikrishnan and The Minister asked KINFRA to contribute to the industrial devel- G Sunil, General Managers, KIN- take the necessary steps to identify opment of the State. New KINFRA FRA; Jeeva Anandan, MD, KINFRA land suitable for industrial develop- units will also be coming up in the International Apparel Parks; Sooraj ment and make those available for following years which will add more Raveendran, MD, KINFRA Film investors at a lower price. revenue to the State and attract in- and Video Park; Nikanth, MD, “To attract investors, we should vestors,” said Wg. Cdr. K A Santhosh KINFRA Export Promotion Indus- be able to provide land at an af- Kumar, MD, KINFRA. trial Park and Girija Kumari, CEO, fordable cost. It is important to Minister E P Jayarajan also hinted KINESCO Power and Utilities Pvt. make maximum utilisation of at the State Government’s ambitious Ltd. were also present on the occa- central schemes and give priority to plan to bring the head offices of sion.

00 / DestinationKerala l December 2018 ’S SECOND LARGEST FILM RESEARCH CENTRE OPENS AT KINFRA

infra Film and Video Park in Thiruvananthapuram Know has a ‘celebrity’ status with the inauguration of country’s second largest film research insti- tute, Centre for International Film Research and Archives (CIFRA). The Baker-model building with the installation of a dancing woman in front of it is a memorial for the late actor , one of Malay- alam cinema’s most gifted artistes. The Research Centre at CIFRA was inaugurated by Chief Minister CHIEF MINISTER PINARAYI VIJAYAN INAUGURATING CIFRA AT KINFRA FILM & VIDEO PARK Pinarayi Vijayan on November 21 in the presence of a host of dig- nitaries, including veteran artists graphs of veteran film personalities of future generations. KINFRA will and Sreekumaran Thampi. of Indian cinema, including J C provide all support to the future “The movies of the yesteryears Daniel, the father of Malayalam cin- endeavors of Kerala Chalachitra clearly depict Kerala’s social system ema. The wall is also decorated with Academy,” said Wg. Cdr. K A San- post-independence. The history of movie posters, mostly those which thosh Kumar, MD, KINFRA. is the history of were used for black and white films. Padma Shri G Shankar, founder Kerala itself. Film students should “We had bought the land in and chief architect at Habitat Tech- come forward to point out the mis- KINFRA a few years back and the nology Group designed the building representation of values in movies. construction of the Rs. 4.5 crore- while the interior design of CIFRA CIFRA will help in studying movies worth building was started in 2017. was done by National Award wining and criticising them with a strong Equipped with facilities of inter- production designer Santhosh Ra- academic background and will posi- national standards, CIFRA comes man. tively influence the State,” he added. second to National Film Archive “Chalachithra Academy is getting It has a research library with of India (NFAI) in the country in its own office after 20 years and I more than 10,000 Indian and foreign terms of collection,” said Mahesh thank each and every one for mak- language films, a mini-theatre, film Panju, Secretary, Kerala Chala- ing this successful,” said Kerala State related books and office space. The chithra Academy. Chalachithra Academy Chairman, mini theatre is named after Ramu “CIFRA, inside the KINFRA Film Kamal. Kariat, the director of . & Video Park campus, is a unique A K Balan, Minister for Cultural People can rent movies and watch facility by the Kerala Chalachitra Affairs inaugurated the Ramu Kariat them on these screens. The entrance Academy. It can serve as a place of Mini Theatre. E P Jayarajan, Min- of the research centre has photo- learning and reference for students ister for Industries, Sports & Youth Affairs inaugurated the P K Nair Library and Archives and Kada- kampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism inaugurated the conference hall at CIFRA. Mayor Advocate V K Prashanth, Cultural Secretary, Govt. of Kerala, Rani George IAS; actor Prem Kumar, directors K P Kuma- ran and ; and Sooraj Raveendran, MD, KINFRA Film and Video Park were also present.

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