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Kerala Information Public Relations Department No. 0471-232 7782

24 Oct, 2024 01:10 PM

All India Number(s):

0471-232 7782 (For Contact Support)

0471-251 8443 (For General Queries)

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Application Forms

Directorate Contact Details

Officers Contacts

SrNo.	Name	Position	Office Telephone/ E-mail	Mobile/ E-mail (Personal)
1	Mr. T. V. Subhash I. A. S.	Director	Tel: 0471-2327782, 2518443 Fax: 0471-2327782 E-mail: prddirector [at] gmail [dot] com, dir [dot] prd [at] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
2	Mr. V. Salin	Additional Director, General & Administration	0471-2325689, 0471-2518337	9447246153
3	Mr. K. G. Santosh	Additional Director Electronic Media Division CMO Portal Charge Officer	0471- 2517231	9446515545
4	Mr. K. Abdul Rasheed	Additional Director, Programs & Culture	Tagore Theater Thiruvananthapuram 0471-2315426	9446662148

Deputy Directors

Sr No.	Name	Position	Office Telephone	Mobile
1	Smt. V. P. Ashwati	DD, Field Publicity & Cultural Affairs	0471-2518447/0471-2327471	9446212220
2	Mr. K. S. Shailendran	DD, Visual Communication	0471- 2518908	9495042885
3	Mrs. K. P. Sarita	DD, Publications	0471- 2518647 /0471- 2331793	9446176039
4	Mr. S. R. Proveen	DD, Advertising and Marketing	0471- 2518442, 0471-2327396	9447587225
5	Mr. K. Suresh Kumar	DD, Web and Media Relations	0471- 2517084/ 0471-2337633	9961427111
6	Mr. Sunil Hasan	DD, Pension	0471- 2517366	9995448947

Secretariat officers in the Directorate

Sr No.	Name	Position	Office Telephone / E-mail
1	Mr. V. Shyam	Deputy Secretary	0471-2518251 Email: ds3 [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
2	Smt. Selena A.	Accounts Officer	0471-2518457

Information Officers in the Directorate

Sr No.	Name	Position	Office Telephone	Mobile	Email
1	Mr. Rajesh C.	Editor, English Editorial	0471-2518648	9539911392	keralacalling [at] gmail [dot] com , rajeshprd2012 [at] gmail [dot] com
2	Mr. S. Jayakumar	Information Officer, Field Publicity & Exhibition	0471-2327867 ,0471-2518678 9496003239	9447971832
3	Mr. Abhilash Y. L.	Information Officer, Planning and Development	0471-2518868	9446700467	ioplgdevt [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
4	Mr. K. Pratish D. bell	Information Officer, Press Release	0471-2327628 ,0471-2518637 Fax:0471-2323420	9447313001	io [dot] pr [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in , iopressrelease [at] gmail [dot] com
5	Mr. B. Binu	Scrutiny Officer	0471-2518844 , 0471-2518780 9496003238	9495096619	scr [dot] prd [at] gmail [dot] com
6	Mrs. Marilyn J. N.	Information Officer, Circulation & Distribution	0471-2517036, 9496003231,	9495012047	io [dot] cir [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
7	Smt. K. B. Sri Kala	Information Officer, Advertising- Print	0471-2518144 , 9496003240	9496478849
8	Mr. K. K. Jayakumar	Co-ordinating News Editor	0471-2518542, 0471- 2327696 ,9496003237	9447667716
9	Mr. Abhilash A. C.	Information Officer, Advertising & Marketing	0471-2518092 , 9496002755	9496664999
10	Mr. S. S. Arun	Information Officer, Audio Video Documentation	0471-2518866 , 9496003232	8129408341
11	Mr. T. Satikumar	Program Producer	0471-2518867 ,9496003233	9544917693	prdprogrammeproducer [at] gmail [dot] com,
12	Mr. Santosh Kumar S.	Information Officer, Research & Reference	0471-2327206/ 0471-2518471 ,9496003235 Fax : 2327206	9895360126	io [dot] rr [dot] prd [at] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
13	Mr. N. B. Biju	Cultural Development Officer, Tagore Theatre	0471-2315426, 9496003242	9446311427
14	Mr. K.S. Indus Shekhar	Editor, Malayalam Editorial	0471-2518171	8281523246	prdmalayalam [at] gmail [dot] com
15	Mr. Ashish C. R.	Information Officer, Web and New Media Division	0471- 2517261,		webprd [at] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in , aashishvellanad [at] gmail [dot] com

Assistant Editors

Sr No.	Name	Position	Office Telephone	Mobile/ E-mail (Personal)
1	Vacant	Assistant Editor, Malayalam Editorial	0471- 2518171 ,9496003244
2	Vacant	Assistant Editor, Malayalam Editorial	0471- 2518171
3	Smt. A. Anjita	Assistant Editor, English Editorial	0471- 2518648	anchithaanilkumar23 [at] gmail [dot] com , 9895814147
4	Vacant	Assistant Scrutiny Officer	0471- 2518844
5	Vacant Research Officer, Research & Reference	0471- 2518471
6	Mr. A. C. Gipson	Assistant Editor, Press Release	0471-2327628, 0471-2518637	9496440225
7	Vacant	Assistant Editor, Press Release	0471-2327628 , 0471-2518637
8	Vacant	Assistant Cultural Development Officer, Tagore Theatre	0471-2315426

Assistant Information Officers

Sr No.	Name	Office Telephone / E-mail	Mobile	Mobile
1	Mr. Vivek S.	Assistant Information Officer, Advertising & Marketing	0471-2518144	8848164593
2	Mr. Amit M. S.	Assistant Information Officer, Press Release Directorate	0471-2327628 / 0471-2518637	9895934363
3	Mr. Amiya M.	Assistant Information Officer, Press Release Directorate	0471-2327628 / 0471-2518637	7025688333
4	Smt. Aarti K. R.	Assistant Information Officer, English Editorial	0471-2518648	9847865409
5	Jeevan Kumar S.	Assistant Program Producer, Visual Communication Wing	0471-2518781
Translator
7	Vacant	Translator, Malayalam Editorial	0471-2518171
8	Vacant	Translator, Advertisement - Print	0471-2518144

Department of Photography

Sr No.	Name	Position	Office Telephone	Mobile/ E-mail (Personal)
1	Mr. V. Vinod	Chief Photographer	0471-2518072, 9496003252	9446556836 / vinodprd [at] gmail [dot] com
2	Mr. R. Prashant	Photographer	0471-2518072 ,9496003253	9847720319
3	Mr. K. K. Santosh Kumar	Photo artist	0471 -2518072	9961776622
4	Mr. Anil Kumar V. M.	Photo printer	0471 -2518072	9446700495
Designer
5	Mr. V.S. Prakash	Publication Division		9846475618 /chakravarthiprakash [at] gmail [dot] com

Section Officers

Sr No.	Sect	Name	Office Telephone	E-mail
1	Office Section	Mr. Riju A. Superintendent	0471-2518093	os [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
2	Section A	Smt. Ashwathi Poonkavanam Section Officer	0471-2518586	so [dot] a [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
3	Section B	Mr. Preeti C. Section Officer	0471-2518330	so [dot] b [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
4	C section	Mr. Vipin Kumar S. Section Officer	0471-2518013
5	Section D	Mr. Nizam A. M. Section Officer	0471-2518673
6	Section E	Mr. Surendran C. Section Officer	0471-2518078
7	Section F	Smt. Sasikumari S. Section Officer	0471-2518634
8	Section G	Mr. Vivek G. Section Officer	0471-2518174
9	Section H		0471-2517351

Regional Deputy Directors District Information Officers

K. M. Ayyappan
Kollam Region Deputy Director
CMO Portal Charge Officer
E-mail: akshethrapal [at] gmail [dot] com
0474-2793168
9496434224

District Information Officers Locationwise

Sr No.	Name/Designation	Contact No.	Email	Address
Thiruvananthapuram
1	Mr. G. Binzilal District Information Officer	0471-2731300, 9447607360, 9496003215, 0471-2334740	dio-tvm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in dioprdtvm [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office Civil Station Kudappanakunn P.O. Thiruvananthapuram
2	Divya T. S. Assistant Editor	6282311549
3	Mr. Surraj Kumar S. Assistant Information Officer	9497137718
Kollam
4	Mr. P. R. Sabu District Information Officer	0474-2794911 , 9496003214 ,9847020388	dio-klm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ prdkollam [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station, 2nd Floor, Kollam
5	Mr. Hemant Kumar L. Assistant Editor	9947251129	kollamhemant [at] gmail [dot] com
Kottayam
6	Mr. KR Pramod Kumar Regional Deputy Director, Kottayam CMO Portal Charge Officer	0481-2561030 8547632125
7	Mr. Arun Kumar District Information Officer	0481-2562558 , 9496003209, 9495119702	prdktym [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station, Kottayam
8	Mr. Shibu E. V. Assistant Information Officer	9847998894
Pathanamthitta
9	Mr. Srikanth M. Girinath District Information Officer	0468-2222657 9633306218	dio-pta [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ diopta1 [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station, 2nd Floor, Pathanamthitta
Idukki
10	Mr. G. S. Vinod District Information Officer	04862-233036 , 9496003211, 9526843053	dio-idk [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ dio [dot] idk [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Idukki
11	Mr. Yasir T. A. Assistant Information Officer	9846333137
Alappuzha
12	Mr. K. S. Sumesh District Information Officer	0477-2251349 ,9496003212,9447517365	dio-alp [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ prdalppy [at] gmail [dot] com,	District Information Office, Civil Station Alappuzha
Ernakulam
13	Mr. T. C. Chandrahasan Regional Deputy Director, Ernakulam CMO Portal Charge Officer	0484-2422379
14	Mr. Nijas Jewel A. District Information Officer	0484-2354208 ,9496003208, 9447048307	dio-ekm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ dio [dot] ekm [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Park Avenue Road, Kochi
15	Mr. John C. T. Assistant Editor	9746534456
16	Mr. Sunil Kumar M. N. Assistant Information Officer	9846856982
Thrissur
17	Mr. V. R. Santosh Regional Deputy Director	0487-2360848
18	Mr. N. Satish Kumar District Information Officer	0487-2360644 ,9496003207,9447973128	dio-tcr [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ diothrissur [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Thrissur
19	Smt. Dear K. Unnikrishnan District Information Officer	0491-2505329 , 9496003206,6282439730	dio-pgt [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ prd [dot] pkd [at] gmail [dot] com / priyaunnikrishnan [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Palakkad
Malappuram
20	Mr. Rashid Babu P. District Information Officer	Tel: 0483-2734387 , 9496003205, 9895586567	dio-mpm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ diomlpm [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Malappuram
Kozhikode
21	Mr. K. T. Sekharan Regional Deputy Director	0495-2371096
22	Mr. Abdul Karim C. P. District Information Officer	0495-2370225 , 8547123439	dio [dot] prd [at] gmail [dot] com / cpkareem2000 [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Kozhikode
Wayanad
23	Mr. Muhammad K. District Information Officer	0493-6202529 , 9496003246 , 9447423677	dio-wyd [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ diowayanad [at] gmail [dot] com , muhammadugr [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Wayanad
24	Mr. K. C. Haridas Assistant Information Officer	9447349228
Kannur
25	Mr. B. T. Anil Kumar Regional Deputy Director, Kannur	0497-2760725
26	Mr. E. K. Padmanabhan District Information Officer	0497-2700231 ,9496003202 , 9447358268	dio-knr [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ kannurdio [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Kannur
27	Mr. Vineesh P. P. Assistant Editor	9496425699
28	Mr. R. Biju Assistant Information Officer	9447720805, 8281846805	bijurprd [at] gmail [dot] com
Kasaragod
29	Mr. Madhusudanan M. District Information Officer	04994-255145 , 9496003201, 8547860180	dio-kgd [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in/ dioksgd [at] gmail [dot] com	District Information Office, Civil Station Kasaragod
New Delhi
30		011-23343424		Kerala Information Office- New Delhi Kerala House 3 Jantar Mantar Road, New Delhi - 110 001
31	Smt. Sini K. Thomas Information Officer	011- 23360349 , 8547809599	iokhnd [at] gmail [dot] com / hellosinikthomas [at] gmail [dot] com

Officers On Deputation/ Cadre/ Other Duty

SNo.	Name and post	Official Telephone	Residence/ Personal no	Email	Address
Deputy Directors
1	Smt. K. Deepa Chief Officer (Grama Bhoomi Chief Editor)	0471- 2317262	9582836228	ribkerala [at] gmail [dot] com	Rural Information Bureau 7th Floor Swaraj Bhawan Nanthankode Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695003
2	Shri V.P. Pramod Kumar Deputy Director & Public Relations Officer	0471-2318188, 9497998995	9446408354	pramodprd [at] gmail [dot] com / info [dot] pol [at] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in	State Police Media Center Police Headquarters Vashuthakkad Thiruvananthapuram - 695010
3	Mr. Mr. Nafi M. Public Relations Officer		9495521173		2nd Floor Trida Rehabilitation Building Medical College Post Thiruvananthapuram
4	Dr. C. Venugopal Public Relations Office	0471- 2321233/0471-2338288 * 219	8130430317	electionker [at] gmail [dot] com	State Election Commission-Kerala Corporation Office Building LMS Junction, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 033
5	Mr. Shyam Kumar P. Public Relations Officer	0471-2326603	8281000127/9495243434	pro [dot] cpcr [at] gmail [dot] com	Kerala State Child Rights Commission Sri Ganesh TC- 14/2036 Vanrose Junction Bakery Junction Near University P.O. Thiruvananthapuram- 695 034
6	Mr. N. P. Santhosh Public Relations Officer		9447302431		P. R. Wingland Revenue Department,
7	Dr. H. Krishnakumar Public Relations Officer	Tel: 0471- 2770537 Fax: 0471-2326263	9447890686	norka [dot] pro [at] gmail [dot] com / anchalkrisku [at] gmail [dot] com	Norca Roots Norca Center Thaikkad Thiruvananthapuram - 695 014
8	Mr. C. Ajoy Secretary,	Phone: 0471-2754422,0471-2755322		office [at] chalachitraacademy [dot] org	Chachila Akademi Center for International Film Research & Archives (CIFRA) (Sathyan Memorial), Kinfra Film & Video Park, Chantavila, Kazhakootam, Sainik School (PO), Thiruvananthapuram - 695585
9	Mr. Anil Bhaskar Secretary	Tel: 0484-2422275, Tele: 0484-2422068		mail [at] pressacademy [dot] org	Media Academy Kakkanad, Cochin 682030
Information Officers
10	Mr. Manilal C. Public Relations Officer	Tel: 0471-2302590, 0471-2300509, 0471-2307589, 0471-2309878	9496003213	keralawomenscommission [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in	Kerala Commission for Women PMG Near Lourdes Church , Pattam PO Thiruvananthapuram- 4
11	Mrs. S. Benamol Labor Publicity Officer	0471-2783908 ,8547655229	9745507225	labourpublicity [at] gmail [dot] com / amanrosh2004 [at] gmail [dot] com	Labor Commissionerate Thiruvananthapuram
12	Dr. Rama V. Public Relations Officer		9497850349		Forest Information Bureau Forest Directorate, Vashuthakkad
13	Mr. Dilip Kumar C. F. Publicity Officer	0471- 2305193	9846063499		Lottery Directorate Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram
14	Smt. Kala K.	0484-2206775, 0484-2206776, 0484-2206777, 0484-2206778		info [at] supplycomail [dot] com	PRO Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation, Maveli Bhavan Gandhi Nagar Kochi- 682020
15	Mr. P. K. Velayudhan Assistant Secretary	Tel: 0484-2422275 Tele Fax 0484-2422068	9895199760	mail [at] pressacademy [dot] org	Kerala Media Academy Kakkanad Cochin 682030
16	Mr. Justin Joseph		9744142531	justinpathalil [at] gmail [dot] com	PRO M.G. University

SPIO/APIO/Appellate Authority Contacts

SNo.	Name/Designation	Service Name	Contact
State Public Information Officer
1	Mr. K. M. Ayyappan Deputy Director (Advertising and Marketing)	Advertising and Marketing - Print	0471- 2518442, 0471-2327396
2	Mr. K. M. Ayyappan Deputy Director (Advertising and Marketing)	Advertising and Marketing - Electronics Media	0471- 2518442, 0471-2327396
3	Mr. K.S. Shailendran Deputy Director (Field Publicity & Cultural Affairs)	Field Publicity & Culture	0471-2518447 / 0471-2327471
4	SR Praveen Deputy Director (Visual Communication)	Visual communication	0471- 2518908
5	Mr. K. Suresh Kumar Deputy Director (Media Relations)	Web & New Media	0471- 2517084/ 0471-2337633
6	Mr. K. Suresh Kumar Deputy Director (Media Relations)	Media Relations	0471- 2517084/ 0471-2337633
7	Smt. V. P. Ashwati Deputy Director (Publications)	Publications	0471- 2518647/0471-2331793
8	Mr. Sunil Hasan Deputy Director (Pension)	Pension	0471- 2517366
9	Smt. Selena A. Accounts Officer	Establishment and Accounts	0471-2518457
10	Assistant Cultural Development Officer, Tagore Theater	Tagore Theatre	0471-2315426
Appellate Authority
11	Shri.K. Abdul Rasheed Additional Director (General & Administration)	Advertising and Marketing - Print	0471-2325689, 0471-2518337
12	Mr. K. G. Santosh (in charge) Additional Director (Electronic Media Division)	Advertising and Marketing - Electronics Media	0471- 2517231/0471-2329737
13	Shri.K. Abdul Rasheed Additional Director (General & Administration)	Field Publicity & Culture	0471-2325689, 0471-2518337
14	Mr. K. G. Santosh (in charge) Additional Director (Electronic Media Division)	Visual communication	0471- 2517231/0471-2329737
15	Mr. K. G. Santosh (in charge) Additional Director (Electronic Media Division)	Web & New Media	0471- 2517231/0471-2329737
16	Shri.K. Abdul Rasheed Additional Director (General & Administration)	Media Relations	0471-2325689, 0471-2518337
17	Shri.K. Abdul Rasheed Additional Director (General & Administration)	Publications	0471-2325689, 0471-2518337
18	Shri.K. Abdul Rasheed Additional Director (General & Administration)	Pension	0471-2325689, 0471-2518337
19	Shri.K. Abdul Rasheed Additional Director (General & Administration)	Establishment and Accounts	0471-2325689,0471- 2518337
20	Mr. Biju N. B. Cultural Development Officer, Tagore Theater	Tagore Theatre	0471-2315426

Public Information Officer section Contacts

Sr No.	Service Name	Section Wise Contacts
1	Advertising and Marketing - Print	Section Officer D Section 0471-2518673 F Section 0471-2518634 G Section 0471-2518174
2	Advertising and Marketing - Electronics Media	Section Officer D Section 0471-2518673
3	Field Publicity & Culture	Section Officer C Section 0471-2518013 E Section 0471-2518078
4	Visual communication	Section Officer E Section 0471-2518078
5	Web & New Media	Section Officer E Section 0471-2518078
6	Media Relations	Section Officer A Section 0471-2518586 C Section 0471-2518013 E Section 0471-2518078
7	Publications	Section Officer C Section 0471-2518013 A Section 0471-2518586
8	Pension	Section Officer H Section 0471-2517351
9	Establishment and Accounts	Section Officer A Section 0471-2518586 B Section 0471-2518330
10	Tagore Theatre	Clerk (Tagore Theatre) 0471-2315426

Regional Wise Appellate Authority

Sr No.	Location	Contact
1	Kollam	0474-2793168
2	Kottayam	0481-2561030
3	Ernakulam	0484-2422379
4	Thrissur	0487-2360848
5	Kannur	0497-2760725
6	Kozhikode	0497-2760725

District Wise State Public Information

Sr No.	Location	Contact	Email
1	Thiruvananthapuram	0471-2731300	dio-tvm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
2	Kollam	0474-2794911	dio-klm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
3	Pathanamthitta	0468-2222657	dio-pta [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
4	Idukki	04862-233036	dio-idk [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
5	Alappuzha	0477-2251349	dio-alp [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
6	Ernakulam	0484-2354208	dio-ekm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
7	Kottayam	0481-2562558	dio-ktm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
8	Thrissur	0487-2360644	dio-tcr [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
9	Palakkad	0491-2505329	dio-pgt [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
10	Malappuram	0483-2734387	dio-mpm [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
11	Wayanad	0493-620259	dio-wyd [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
12	Kozhikode	0495-2370225	dioprd [at] gmail [dot] com
13	Kannur	0497-2700231	dio-knr [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in
14	Kasaragod	04994-255145	dio-kgd [at] prd [dot] kerala [dot] gov [dot] in

Address

Information & Public Relations
Department South Block,
Government Secretariat,
Thiruvananthapuram -695 001, Kerala
Fax- 011-23360349