Excise Academy and Research Centre

State Excise Academy & Research Centre (SEARC) is situated in Poothole in Thrissur city, Kerala, India. The academy trains the entire staff of the Kerala Excise Department, and provides centralized training for Kerala State Excise personnel. It also runs basic training and in-service courses for various ranks. Earlier, the excise staff used to train at the Kerala Police Academy in Ramavarmapuram.^[1][2]

State Excise Academy and Research Centre, Kerala

SEARC സ്റ്റേറ്റ് എക്‌സ്‌സൈസ് അക്കാദമി ആൻഡ് റിസേർച് സെന്റർ, കേരള
Agency overview
Formed	2008
Jurisdiction	State of Kerala
Headquarters	Thrissur
Ministers responsible	Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala T. P. Ramakrishnan, Excise Minister
Agency executive	Joint Commissioner of Excise (Principal), SEARC
Footnotes
Honour - Duty - Service