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Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan
Chief minister of kerala

Shri. K Radhakrishnan
Hon. Minister for Welfare of SC, ST & BCDD

Sri. Puneet Kumar IAS
Aditional Chief Secretary

Shri. N Prasanth I A S
Special Secretary

Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan

Chief minister of kerala

Shri. O. R. Kelu

Hon. Minister for Welfare of SC, ST & BCDD

Sri. Puneet Kumar IAS

Aditional Chief Secretary

ABOUT KIRTADS

KIRTADS is a government organization under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Ministry and functions as a separate Directorate. Its main objective is to carry out research that helps to promote development among the Scheduled Communities in Kerala. It also attempts to identify the needs and problems confronting the marginalized section of the population and suggest recommendations to the Government in finding a panacea for their overall development. This was established in the year 1972 as Tribal Research and Training Centre (TR & TC) in a national pattern, which is subsequently got recognized as KIRTADS in 1979 and is working among all the scheduled communities for their development.

Vision

"Committed to provide academic and professional support and guidance in various matters pertaining to Scheduled Communities of the State with special focus on their evidence based planning, management, administration and appropriate legislations, act as a store-house of ideas and information on research studies, extension activities, development initiatives, and policy decisions for the welfare of marginalized sections of the society, conduct evaluation studies on various development schemes of the Scheduled Tribe Development Department, Local Self Government and other agencies, capacity building of Tribals and Persons/Institutions associated with tribal affairs, dissemination of information and creation of awareness, protect the constitutional rights of the SC/ST claims as per ‘The Kerala (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of issue of Community Certificate Act 11 of 1996, organize training programmes, events, workshops, seminars and other activities of National/International level for the sustainable development of the Scheduled Communities of the State and undertake activities for the protection and promotion of the traditional knowledge, art forms and culture of the Scheduled Communities of the State through inclusive development."

Mission

Committed to provide academic and professional support and guidance in various matters pertaining to Scheduled Communities of the State with special focus on their evidence based planning, management, administration and appropriate legislations, Act as a store-house of ideas and information on research studies, extension, development initiatives, and policy decisions for the welfare of marginalized sections of the society, conduct evaluation studies on various development schemes of the Scheduled Tribe Development Department, Local Self Government and other agencies, capacity building of Tribals and Persons/ Institutions associated with tribal affairs, dissemination of information and creation of awareness, protect the constitutional rights of the SC/ST claims as per ‘The Kerala (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of issue of Community Certificate Act , 1996, organize training programmes, events, workshops, seminars and other activities of National/ International level for the sustainable development of the Scheduled Communities of the State, undertake activities for the protection and promotion of the traditional knowledge, art forms and culture of the Scheduled Communities of the State through inclusive development.