22 March 2025
Department of Economics and Statistics and Kerala State Planning Board (KSPB) jointly organized a one day Brainstorming Workshop on Local Level Statistics at State Planning Board Thiruvananthapuram on 22 March 2025. Prof. V. K. Ramachandran, Vice Chairperson, KSPB inaugurated the workshop. Prof. Dr. Jiju P. Alex, Member KSPB chaired the function, Director of DES Sri. Sreekumar B., delivered welcome speech and Kerala State Statistical Commission Chairman Sri. P. C. Mohanan DDG ISS Rtd. delivered Key Note Address. During the event, Sri. Sreekumar B., Director of DES made a presentation on Online Data Repository and Sri. D. S. Shibukumar made a presentation on Decentralisation Round Survey. Senior officers from State Planning Board, LSGD and DES attended the programme.
21 March 2025
‘ODYSSEY – Embark on a Journey of Discovery', an invited talk was held at the Directorate of Economics and Statistics on 21 March 2025. Sri. Madhu Bhaskaran, an international motivational trainer, led the class. All staff in the directorate attend the class. The programme was orgnaised in hybrid mode and all stff in the field offices and line departments attended the session in online.
14 March 2025
An invited talk on the "Data Driven Development Paradigm" was held at the Smart Classroom of the University of Calicut's Department of Statistics On March 14, 2025. Sri. Sreekumar B., Director of the Economics and Statistics Department, delivered the keynote address.
13 March 2025
With the objective of "Meet with Data Scientist" The event took place at Kannur University's Karl-Pearson Seminar Hall on March 13, 2025. "Data for Sustainable Development and Prosperity" is an invited talk hosted by Kannur University's Department of Statistical Sciences. Director of the Economics and Statistics Department, Sri. Sreekumar B. served as the keynote speaker.
12 March 2025
The Kerala State Statistical Commission organized a one-day workshop on March 12, 2025, at the Kannur District Police Cooperative Society Hall. The workshop aimed to discuss various activities conducted by the Department of Economics and Statistics in the district and regional statistics. Deputy Director Sri. Premarajan E V welcomed the guests, while Director Sri. Sreekumar B oversaw the opening ceremony. Kerala State Statistical Commission Chairman Shri. P.C. Mohanan ISS (Rtd.) inaugurated the program. During the ceremony, the Chairman released the Annual Industrial Survey Report for 2020-21. Additional Director Shri. T.P. Vinodan, Kannur District Planning Officer Shri. Nenoy Mepaddithaya, Joint Director of the Local Self-Government Department Shri. Arun T.J, Deputy Director Shri. Dhaneesh P.M, Manager of the District Industrial Centre Smt. Sheena P, and District Officer of the Economics and Statistics Department Shri. Somasundaran C.K shared their greetings and spoke on the occasion. Assistant Director of the State Statistical Commission Shri. Ratheesh P. M. concluded the occasion by expressing his gratitude.
10 March 2025
SASA sponsored a one-day SDG training workshop for the Department of Economics and Statistics employees on March 10, 2025. The programme was held at the directorate conference hall, and was attended by 50 employees from various cadres, ranging from Statistical Assistant Grade II to Deputy Director. Director of DES and SASA Sri. Sreekumar B handled classes on SDG. SASA Training Manager Sri. D S Shibukumar and SASA Research Officer Sri. Suresh S also present during the closing ceremony. Certificates were distributed to all participants.
24 February 2025
The "Kannur Information Repository 2024" report, which offers precise and timely statistical data for planning operations in the 44 Gram panchayats of Kannur district, has been released. The District Planning Committee spearheaded this endeavour, working with Local Self Government Department and the Department of Economics and Statistics. Minister for Local Self Governments of Kerala Sri. M. B. Rajesh released the report, which was presided over by Public Works Standing Committee Chairperson Adv. T. Sarala. Director Sri. Sreekumar B., Research Officer Sri. Sudheesh Kumar C M., and District Panchayat Secretary Smt. Taini Susan John were among the other distinguished guests. The purpose of this initiative is to offer trustworthy data for Kannur district planning and development operations. The reports' publication marked a significant step forward in the district's efforts to strengthen planning and decision-making procedures. The following people attended the event: District Panchayat Health Education Standing Committee Chairperson Smt. Sreejini N.V, Development Standing Committee Chairperson Smt. U. P. Shoba, District Panchayat Member Sri. Thomas Vakkanthanam, Joint Director of the Local Self-Government Department Sri. Arun T J., Kannur Deputy Director of the Economics and Statistics Department Sri. Premarajan E. V., and District Panchayat Planning Committee Vice President Sri. T. Gangadharan Master. The District Panchayat Secretary Smt. Taini Susan John expressed gratitude during the ceremony.
20 February 2025
A one-day training program on Financial Prudence was held at the Directorate Conference Hall on February 20th. The Director Sri. Sreekumar B. welcomed this program. Sri. Rajan Nair, Additional Secretary (Rtd.) in the Finance Department, enlightened the class. The hybrid mode program was attended by all section heads, budget section assistants, DDOs, Deputy Directors, Taluk Statistical Officers, and relevant section assistants. Sri. D. S. Shibukumar, Deputy Director, expressed gratitude for this program.
17 - 21 February 2025
A five day national – level training program on “Soft Skills, Personality Development, and Professional Excellence” for Junior Statistical Officers ushered at the State Academy on Statistical Administration (SASA) on February 17 to 21 2025. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Jiju P Alex, Member of State Planning Board, Kerala. Sri Vibeesh E M., ISS, Deputy Director General, NSO FOD, Thiruvananthapuram delivered a special address. The meeting was presided over by Sri. Sreekumar B., Director of SASA and Director of DES, Govt. of Kerala. Sri. Manoj M., Additional Director (State Income), Department of Economics and Statistics gave welcome address, and Sri. D. S. Shibukumar, Deputy Director and Training Manager (SASA) cast the vote of gratitude. This programme was attended by Junior Statistical Officers assigned to various divisions within the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI).
14 & 15 February 2025
A two-day training program for price collection for the officials in Northern region was held in Kozhikode from 14th to 15th February 2025. The program was inaugurated by Director of Economics and Statistics Department Sri. Sreekumar B. Additional Director (Prices) Dr. K.G. Geetha presided over the event. Director of the National Statistical Office (ISS) Sri. Muhammad Yasir delivered the keynote presentation. The welcome address was presented by executive members of the Kerala Traders and Industrialists Association Sri. Varun Bhaskar and Sri. Abdul Rasheed. The District Deputy Director Sri. Rajesh V delivered falicitation. Sri. Abdullah M. Additional District Officer delivered vote of thanks. Assistant Director Sri. Rajendran Nair, Research Officer Sri. Lal C.V., Statistical Inspector Sri. Bipin Chandrapal M, Statistical Assistant Sri. Vipin Venugopal and Smt. Sunitha K. Nair delivered classes on a various kinds of of price collection-related topics.
10 & 11 February 2025
A two-day annual training program on Prices for price collection for the officials in Northern region was held at Directorate Conference hall in Thiruvananthapuram from 10th to 11th February 2025. Director Sri. Sreekumar B. inaugurated the programme. Additional Director (Prices) Dr. K.G. Geetha presided over the event. Assistant Director Sri. Rajendran Nair welcomed the participants. Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi State Secretary Sri. V. Vijayan, Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Samithi State Vice President Sri. V. Pappachan, Market Intelligence Division (GOI) Smt. Profulla Pillai, Additional Director-General Sri. T.P. Vinodan, and Additional Director (State Income) Sri. M. Manoj offered felicitations. Regional Statistical Officer Smt. S. Sreekala expressed gratitude.
7 February 2025
The state-level training program for the Soil Conservation Evaluation Study Survey 2024-25 was held on 7th February. The program was inaugurated by Economics and Statistics Department Director Sri. Sreekumar B. The occasion was presided over by Sri. Manoj M., Additional Director (State Income). Congratulatory remarks were given by Kerala State Land Use Board Commissioner Smt. Yasmin Rashid, Additional Director (Prices) Dr. K.G. Geetha, Additional Director-General Sri. Vinodan T.P., and Additional Director (Soil Conservation Research Department) Sri. Anandabose. Participants were greeted by Sri. Abhilash K., Deputy Director of the Evaluation Division, and thanked by Sri. Rajesh Kumar, Research Officer. The revised manual and schedule for the Soil Conservation Evaluation Study Survey were also released during the event by the Director.
6 February 2025
A state-level training program for the Survey on Input Cost of Plantation Crops in Kerala: 2024-25 was held on February 6, 2025, at the Economics and Statistics Department. Industry Department Director and Plantation Special Officer Sri. Mir Mohammed Ali IAS inaugurated the program. The keynote speaker was Sri. P.C. Mohanan ISS (Retd.), Chairman of the Kerala State Statistical Commission. Participants were greeted by Sri. Manoj M., Additional Director (State Income). Association of Planters of Kerala Chairman Sri. Prince Thomas George, Additional Director (General) Sri. Vinodan T.P., Additional Director (Prices) Dr. K.G. Geetha, and Labor Commissionerate's Pathanamthitta Inspector of Plantations Sri. Anilkumar offered felicitations. Senior Joint Director of the Survey Design Division, Smt. Sudarsha R., expressed gratitude.
5 February 2025
Agriculture Department Minister Shri P. Prasad inaugurated the Cost of Cultivation Survey 2024-25 State Level Training Programme held at directorate conference hall on 05-02-2025. Director of Economic Statistics Department Mr. Sreekumar B presided over the function. Kerala State Agricultural Prices Board Chairman Dr. Rajasekaran P. delivered the keynote speech. During the ceremony, the farmer who is the informant of the agricultural cost survey Mr. Chandran S. Manikal was honoured and a pamphlet on the survey was relased by presenting a copy to him by the Hon'ble Minister for AGriculture. Along with this, release of report on Cost of Cultivation Survey 2022-23, Soil Conservation Assessment Study Survey Report 2022-23, Revised Instruction Book of Cost of Cultivation Survey was also done by Hon'ble Minister. Release of Paddy Harvest Experiment Tutorial Video was also done by the Minister. During the function a Research Officer Shri. Abhilash K. V. was appreciated by presenting a memento to him. Additional Director (State Income) Shri. Manoj M. Additional Director General Shri. Vinodan T. P., Farmer Mr. Chandran S. Manikal, Assistant Director of Agricultural Development and Farmers Welfare Department Mr. Ajith spoke with greetings. Additional Director (Prices) Dr. K. G. Geetha expressed vote of thanks.
4 February 2025
One day inservice training programme on Sample Registration Survey was held on 04.02.2025. Welcome speech was delivered by Sri. Vinodan T.P. (Additional Director (General), and introductory speech by Shri. Sreekumar B., Director. Additional District Officers (SRS) and Section assistants participated from all districts. Shri. Haris K.M., Deputy Director and Shri. Suresh Nadoran, Assistant Director from Directorate of Census Operations, Poonkulam, handled classes on various sections. Vote of thanks was delivered by Smt. Yamuna A.R., Deputy Director (Vital Statistics).
20 to 24 January 2025
Five day national training programme on Communication Skill Development for central government officers in the cadre of Senior Statistical Officer (SSO) in Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) was held at SASA, Kaimanam, Thiruvananthapuram from 20 to 24 January 2025. 25 officer in the cadre of SSO posted in various ministries in New Delhi and Field Operations Divisions (FOD) of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Sikkim, UP and AP were the participants of the programme. During the inaugural session held on 20-01-2025, Dr. K N Harilal, Chairman of 7th State Finance Commission (SFC) and Chairman of Advisory Committee of SASA, inaugurated the training programme by lighting the lamp. Kerala State Statistical Commission (KSSC) Charman Sri. P C Mohanan ISS (Rtd) and former Additional Director General (ADG) and former acting Chairman of National Statistical Commission made a special address.
Sri. Sreekumar B, Director of SASA and Director of DES presided over the function. Dr. Jitendra Singh Tomar DDG (NSSTA) made a key note address and Sri. Vibheesh ISS DDG NSO (FOD) RO Kerala made a felicitation speech. Sri. Manoj M, Additional Director (State Income) and Additional Director in charge of Training in DES made a welcome address and Sri. D S Shibukumar, Training Manager SASA and Deputy Director DES made Vote of thanks during the function.
17 January 2025
The state-level training program on Sample Check under the scheme Establishment of an Agency for Reporting Agriculture Statistics (EARAS) for the year 2024-25 was held on 17 January 2025 at the Directorate Conference Hall, Thiruvananthapuram. The event was attended by district-level officers such as Section Assistants, Research Assistants, Assistant District Officers and Deputy Directors. The Director Sri. Sreekumar B. explained the training curriculum and other district-related subjects. The training sessions were led by Assistant Director Sri. R. Radhakrishna Pillai and NSO SSO Sri. B. Muralidharan Nair. The program was also attended by Joint Directors, Senior Administrative Officer Sri. Sam Joseph, Additional Directors Sri. Vinodan T.P., Sri. Manoj M., and Dr. K.G. Geetha, as well as representatives from the EARAS division. Additionally, TSOs and other district-level officers took part in the programme in online mode. Joint Director Smt. Haleema Beegum K. expressed gratitude to all participants.
15 & 16 January 2025
On 15 and 16 January 2025, the Directorate hosted the state-level training conference on the scheme Establishment of an Agency for Reporting Agriculture Statistics (EARAS) for the preparation of Estimates of Area and Production of Principal Crops in Kerala 2024-25. The event was attended by district-level authorities, such as Research Officers (RO), Additional District Officers (ADO), District Officers (DO), and Deputy Directors (DD). The Director Sri. Sreekumar B. released the "Review of Crop Statistics," a publication of the 2022-23 sample check report by handing over a copy of the report to the NSO's SSO, Sri. B. Muralidharan Nair. Another publication, the "NSS 75th Round Report on Household Social Consumption - Health," was also released by handing over a copy to the Additional Director (State Income) Sri Manoj M. The program was attended by Additional Director (General) Sri. Vinodan T.P., Additional Director (Prices) Dr. K.G. Geetha, Joint Directors, Deputy Directors and representatives from the EARAS division. In addition, all staff from the taluk and district offices participated online.
10 January 2025
On January 10, 2025, the Directorate hosted a state-level training conference on Housing statistics and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) directorate Conference Hall for Statistical Investigators and Research Officers responsible for data collection and supervision at district level. Additional Director Sri. Manoj M. and Deputy Director Smt. Yamuna A.R. addressed the gathering. The training sessions were led by Assistant Directors Sri. Sijith and Sri. Abdul Gafur, as well as Research Officer Sri. Sebin Mathew.
9 January 2025
A State-level training program on Index of Annual; Survey of Industries (ASI) 2023-24 took place on January 9, 2025, at the Directorate of Economic and Statistics, Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. Sri. Sreekumar B., Director of the Economic and Statistics Department, chaired the programme. Sri. Manoj M., Additional Director (State Income), delivered a welcome address. Sri. Vibheesh E.M., Deputy Director General of the National Statistics Office (Field Operations Division), Regional Office Kerala, gave an overview of the Annual Survey of Industries. Sri. K.N. Rajeev Kumar, Senior Statistical Officer, NSO (FOD), gave practical training on data entry techniques, scrutiny, and validation of the Annual Survey of Industries. Smt. Naseera M., Assistant Director, ASI, presented a vote of gratitude at the end of the event. All ASI employees and survey invigilators from all districts took part in this training.
7 & 8 January 2025
A State level training program on 80th round of National Sample Survey of the National Statistics Office was held on January 7 and 8, 2025, at the Directorate of Economic and Statistics, Vikas Bhavan in Kerala. Dr. Rajan N. Khobragade, Additional Chief Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department, inaugurated the program, and Sri. Sreekumar B., Director of the Economic and Statistics Department, presided over it. Sri. Manoj M., Additional Director (State Income), gave the welcome speech. The keynote address was given by Sri. P.C. Mohanan, the chairman of the Kerala State Statistical Commission. Representatives from various departments, including the National Statistics Office, the Health Department, and the Economic and Statistics Department, attended the program.
6 & 7 January 2025
On January 6th and 7th, 2025, a "To-Be" workshop for preparation of FRS for development of new application by Digital University for the Prices Module was held at the Computer Division Training Hall. While taking part in the session, the Director, Sri. Sreekumar B., described the dynamic environment of prices and centralized data repository. Additional Director (General) Sri. T P Vinodan, Additional Director(Prices) Dr. K G Geetha, Deputy Director of Computer Section Sri. D S Shibukumar were coordinated the workshop. Selected officers in the cadre of District Officer, Taluk Statistical Officer, Research Officer, Research Assistant and Price Collectors were also attended from the selected districts. During the two-day session, DUK representatives Mr. Umasanker and Mrs. Geethika J S provided a thorough overview of the work completed so far and coordinated the reenginnering aspects in the new module. Other stakeholders from different departyments attended online.
6 January 2025
The State-level workshop on Situation Assessment Survey on Agricultural Households in Kerala for the year 2024-25 was held on January 6, 2025, at the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The workshop focused on data super checking and data entry related to the survey. Sri. Sreekumar B., Director of the department commended effort taken by all staff members who completed the survey’s data collection on time and suggested follow-up actions, emphasizing the workshop’s importance. Additional Director (State Income) Sri. Manoj M. presented the survey’s progress and future goals. Other notable attendees included Senior Joint Director Smt. Sudarsha R., Deputy Director Smt. Deepa S. A., and Nosologist Sri. Preeth V. S. The workshop covered topics such as survey schedule explanation, super check and schedule validation. Deputy Director (Evaluation) Sri. Abhilash K. and Research Officer Sri. Vijay R. conducted classes, while Research Assistant Sri. Saju K. introduced the data entry application and provided hands-on training.
4 January 2025
On January 4, 2025, Dr. Navas Jalaludeen, a data specialist and advisor of the Qatar Central Bank, made an invited talk on "Data strategy for Smart Governance” at the Directorate of Economics and Statistics through hybrid mode. The Director Sri. Sreekumar B. gave a welcome speech, while Additional Director (Prices) Dr. K.G. Geetha delivered Vote of Thanks. All IT qualified staff of the department attended.
3 January 2025
As part of the Revamping Action Team (RAT) activities, a meeting in hybrid mode with all department staff was held on January 3, 2025, at the Conference Hall, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, to decide the follow-up programs related to the departments' revamping. During the meeting, the Director, Sri. Sreekumar B., outlined the plans implemented by the department as part of the revamping and the plans that will be proposed to be implemented.