Media Handbook 2019
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MEDIA HANDBOOK 2019 Information & Public Relations Department Government of Kerala MEDIA HANDBOOK 2019 Information & Public Relations Department Government of Kerala Chief Editor T V Subhash IAS Co-ordinating Editor P S Rajasekharan Deputy Chief Editor K P Saritha Editor Manoj K. Puthiyavila Copy Editor T S Divya Editorial assistance Ruban M Paul S Manikantan Cover Design Godfrey Das Circulation Officer Preeya Unnikrishnan Printed at Orange Press, Pvt. Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram Compiled and Edited by the Research and Reference Wing, Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. Printed and Published by the Director, I&PRD. February 6, 2019 For Private Circulation Only Number of Copies: 8,000 The content of this book is updated upto 30/01/2019 Disclaimer : Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information provided in this Hand Book. However, it is possible that it may not be representative of the whole body of facts available and resources may contain errors or out-of-date information. Not to be used for any legal purpose as an authentic data. No responsibility can be accepted by the I&PR Department for any action taken on the basis of this information. PERSONAL MEMORANDA Name ............................................................................................................. Address Office Residence ............................... ......................................... ............................... ......................................... ............................... ......................................... ............................... ......................................... ............................... ......................................... ............................... ......................................... ............................... ......................................... Telephone No. Office ............................................................. Mobile ............................................................. Fax ............................................................. E-mail ............................................................. Residence ........................................................... Vehicle No ........................................................................................................ Driving License No ............................................................................................ Expires on . ....................................................................................................... Accreditation Card No ..................................................... Date........................... General Provident Fund No ............................................................................... Insurance Policy No .......................................................................................... Due Date .......................................................................................................... Permanent Account No. .................................................................................... Passport No ...................................................................................................... Bank A/c. No. .................................................................................................... Blood Group ..................................................................................................... Other Particulars ............................................................................................. ......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................ MESSAGE Pinarayi Vijayan Chief Minister, Kerala We are living in an era of information revolution. Information is flooding around and is available at the fingertips of even the rural and deprived population. Being the first state to declare access to internet as a human right, Kerala has to exploit its full potential. The Government of Kerala is exploring all possibilities to reach out to the grass root level through e-governance and m-governance to ensure the welfare and development of all sections of our society as well as their meaningful participation. The Government is also keen on providing correct and detailed information time to time to the public through various means including conventional, electronic and social media. The Government has established fast and effective channels to provide news, videos and photos to the media. We have already initiated steps to facilitate our media to assure a democratic and dignified presence in the Government events and press meets. The Government is also taking care of the welfare of journalists, non-journalists and retired journalists in a big way which also is appreciated by the media community and their unions. I am glad to wish you all a happy New Year. I hereby present the ‘Media Handbook 2019’, which is useful to the media, government officials and the public, as a New Year gift from I&PRD. Hope you all are familiar with its mobile app, ‘PRD Media Handbook’, a smart digital companion. Pinarayi Vijayan MESSAGE T V Subhash IAS Director, I&PRD, Kerala The Media Handbook is a model and successful initiative of I&PRD, Kerala to facilitate media and to bridge the Government with media as well as public. A mobile app ‘PRD Media Handbook’ which was launched last year also became a popular app helpful even to Keralites in abroad. When the disastrous flood hit our State during the last September, the app helped several people to inform the rescue team about their beloved ones trapped in the flood and the rescue operators and the media to execute their efforts fast and effectively. I urge all our media friends, officials and social and political activists to install the app so that we can gradually reduce the printed copies of the handbook to a minimum as a green initiative. I appreciate my team for bringing out this edition on time. T V Subhash CONTENTS Kerala Raj Bhavan .........................................................................10 Council of Ministers Chief Minister ............................................................................... 11 Minister for Welfare of SC/ST& BC, Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Culture .................................................... 12 Minister for Revenue and Housing ................................................ 13 Minister for Higher Education, Welfare of Minorities, ..................14 Minister for Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs ........................... 14 Minister for Co-operation, Tourism, Devaswoms ........................... 15 Minister for Water Resources ........................................................16 Minister for Electricity ................................................................... 17 Minister for Fisheries and Harbour Engineering ............................ 17 Minister for local self governments ...............................................18 Minister for Forests, Animal husbandry and Zoos ..........................19 Minister for Ports, Museum, Archaeology and Archives .................20 Minister for Labour and Excise ......................................................20 Minister for General Education......................................................21 Minister for Transport ...................................................................22 Minister for Health and Social Justice ............................................ 23 Minister for Public Works and Registration ....................................24 Minister for Agriculture .................................................................24 Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Legal Metrology ...........................................................................25 Minister for Finance and Coir ........................................................26 Niyamasabha Speaker ..................................................................28 Leader of Opposition ....................................................................28 Deputy Speaker ............................................................................29 Legislature Secretariat ..................................................................30 Members of Legislative Assembly .................................................30 Members of Parliament-Rajya Sabha ............................................46 Members of Parliament-Lok Sabha ...............................................48 Information and Public Relations Department ..............................52 Public Relations Officers ...............................................................63 MEDIA IN KERALA Thiruvananthapuram ....................................................................62 Kollam ..........................................................................................84 Pathanamthitta ............................................................................89