List of departments and agencies of the Government of Kerala

Departments

References:^[1][2]

**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

No.	Department [3]
1	Agricultural Development and Farmers Welfare Department
2	Animal Husbandry Department
3	Ayush Department
4	Backward Communities Development Department
5	Co-operation Department
6	Coastal Shipping & Inland Navigation Department
7	Consumer Affairs Department
8	Cultural Affairs Department
9	Dairy Development Department
10	Electronics & Information Technology Department
11	Environment Department
12	Finance Department
13	Fisheries Department
14	Food and Civil Supplies Department
15	Forests and Wildlife Department
16	General Administration Department
17	General Education Department
18	Health & Family Welfare Department
19	Higher Education Department
20	Home Department
21	Housing Department
22	Industries and Commerce Department
23	Information and Public Relations Department
24	Labour and Skills Department
25	Law Department
26	Local Self Government Department
27	Minority Welfare Department
28	Non Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) Department
29	Parliamentary Affairs Department
30	Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department
31	Planning and Economic Affairs Department
32	Power Department
33	Public Works Department
34	Revenue Department
35	Sainik Welfare Department
36	Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Development Department
37	Science & Technology Department
38	Social Justice Department
39	Sports & Youth Affairs Department
40	Stores Purchase Department
41	Taxes Department
42	Tourism Department
43	Transport Department
44	Vigilance Department
45	Water Resources Department
46	Women & Child Development Department

Directorates/Commissionerates/Child Agencies/

Department / Directorate / Commissionerate	Headquarters	Head (Designation)	Parent Secretariat Department	Website
Archaeology Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Cultural Affairs Department	Official website
Ayurveda Medical Education Directorate	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	AYUSH Department	Official website
Civil Supplies Commissionerate	Thiruvananthapuram	Commissioner of Civil Supplies	Food & Civil Supplies Department	Official website
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations	Thiruvananthapuram	Commissioner	Higher Education Department	Official website
Commissionerate of State Goods and Services Tax	Thiruvananthapuram	Commissioner of State Tax	Taxes Department	Official website
Commissionerate of Land Revenue	Thiruvananthapuram	Land Revenue Commissioner	Revenue Department
Coastal Shipping & Inland Navigation Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Coastal Shipping & Inland Navigation Department	Official website
Directorate of Backward Communities Development	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Backward Communities Development Department	Official website
Directorate of Coir Development	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Industries and Commerce Department (Coir Division)	Official website
Directorate of Collegiate Education	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Higher Education Department	Official website
Directorate of Culture	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Cultural Affairs Department	Official website
Directorate of Employment & Training	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Labour & Skills Department	Official website
Directorate of Environment & Climate Change	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Environment & Climate Change Department	Official website
Directorate of Factories & Boilers	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Labour & Skills Department	Official website
Directorate of General Education	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	General Education Department	Official website
Directorate of Handlooms & Textiles	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Industries & Commerce Department	Official website
Directorate of Health Services	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Health & Family Welfare Department	Official website
Directorate of Industries & Commerce	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Industries & Commerce Department	Official website
Directorate of Indian Systems of Medicine	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	AYUSH Department	Official website
Directorate of Medical Education	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Health & Family Welfare Department	Official website
Directorate of Minority Welfare	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Minority Welfare Department	Official website
Directorate of Panchayats	Thiruvananthapuram	Director (Rural)	Local Self‑Government Department	Official website
Directorate of Prosecution	Ernakulam	Director General of Prosecution	Home Department	Official website
Public Works (PWD) (Roads, Administration, Bridges, National Highway)	Thiruvananthapuram	Chief Engineer	Public Works Department	Official website
Commissionerate of Rural Development	Thiruvananthapuram	Commissioner	Local Self‑Government Department	Official website
Directorate of Social Welfare	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Social Justice Department	Official website
Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Sports & Youth Affairs Department	Official website
Directorate of Survey & Land Records	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Revenue Department	Official website
Drugs Control Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Drugs Controller	Health & Family Welfare Department	Official website
Electrical Inspectorate Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Chief Electrical Inspector	Power Department	Official website
Excise Commissionerate	Thiruvananthapuram	Excise Commissioner	Taxes (Excise) Department	Official website
Fisheries & Ports Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Fisheries & Ports Department	Official website
Forest & Wildlife Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force	Forest & Wildlife Department	Official website
Housing Commissionerate	Thiruvananthapuram	Housing Commissioner	Housing Department	Official website
Kerala Police Department	Thiruvananthapuram	DGP & State Police Chief, Kerala	Home Department
Labour Commissionerate	Thiruvananthapuram	Labour Commissioner	Labour & Skills Department	Official website
Legal Metrology Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Controller of Legal Metrology	Consumer Affairs Department	Official website
Lotteries Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Finance Department	Official website
Mining & Geology Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Industries & Commerce Department	Official website
Motor Vehicles Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Transport Commissioner	Transport Department	Official website
NORKA (Non‑Resident Keralites Affairs) Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Chief Executive Officer	Non Resident Keralites Affairs Department	Official website
Public Works Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Chief Engineer	Public Works Department	Official website
Registration Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Inspector General of Registration	Registration Department	Official website
Science & Technology Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Secretary	Science & Technology Department	Official website
Sainik Welfare Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Sainik Welfare Department	Official website
Scheduled Castes Development Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	SC/ST Development Department	Official website
Scheduled Tribes Development Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	SC/ST Development Department	Official website
Social Justice Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Social Justice Department	Official website
Sports & Youth Affairs Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Sports & Youth Affairs Department	Official website
Stores Purchase Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Stores Purchase Department	Official website
State Water Transport Department	Thiruvanathapuram	Director	Transport Department
Tourism Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director of Tourism	Tourism Department	Official website
Urban Affairs Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director (Urban)	Local Self Government Department	Official website
Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau	Thiruvananthapuram	Director of Vigilance	Vigilance Department (Home Secretariat)	Official website
Zoological & Museums Department	Thiruvananthapuram	Director	Cultural Affairs Department	Official website

Developmental authorities

• Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA)
• Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority (TRIDA)
• Goshree Islands Development Authority

Autonomous bodies, cultural and other institutions

• ADAK
• Alappuzha Canal Management Society
• ANERT
• Co-Operative Academy of Professional Education (CAPE)^[4]
• Energy Management Centre (EMC)
• Food Craft Institute - Kerala, under the Dept. of Tourism^[5][6]
• 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
• 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 Lalithakala Akademi
• Kerala Press Academy
• Kerala Rural Development and Marketing Society
• Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency
• Kerala Sahitya Akademi
• Kerala State Science and Technology Museum
• KSCSTE^[7]
• The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Science and Technology Museum Campus, Vikas Bhavan PO, Thiruvananthapuram^[8]
• Kerala State Information Technology Mission^[9]
• 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^[10]
• 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 Bamboo, Kattuvally and Pandanus 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 (KTU)
• Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)
• Kannur University (KU)
• Kerala Agricultural University (KAU)
• Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS)
• Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU)
• Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS)
• University of Calicut (UoC)
• University of Kerala (UoK)
• Digital University (DUK)
• Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS)
• Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU)
• Kerala Kalamandalam (KK)
• Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University (MU)

Independent Agencies/Bodies/ Constitutional body

Constitutional bodies

• Kerala Public Service Commission
• 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 ^[11]

See also

• List of government of India establishments in Kerala