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.