C.P.NAIR
Former Chief Secretary
Govt.of Kerala

     The Centre for Car-eer Development Studie-s, with its outstanding faculty, excellent library and easy accessibility, has been rendering val-uable assistance to Civil Service aspirants in Tri-vandrum.I wish this inst-itution many years of fr-uitful functioning

 

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ASWATHY
(III Rank 2003)
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(IV Rank 2007)

 

 

CENTRE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

             is an institution registered in 1990 under Travancore Cochin Charitable Societies Act 1955 with Headquarters at Trivandrum.

Its pioneers were T.Balakrishnan, Dt.Collector, Thrivikraman Nair, District Planning Officer C.K. Viswanathan, Revenue Divisional Officer, N.E. Meghanath, Dt. Information Officer, M. Nandakumar , Trivandrum BDO Rural, O.Babu Jose, Secretary DTPC.


              T. Balakrishnan, Dt. Collector then was the first Chairman and Smt. Pennamma Jose, Divisional Employment Officer was the first secretary.

            The activities of the centre are guided by a Governing body consisting of the following officers of the Govt. of Kerala.

1. District Collector – Chairman, 2. District Planning Officer 3. General Manager – District Industries Centre 4. The District Development Officer of SC 5. The Regional Manager, Kerala State Corporation for SC/ST 6. Project Officer, District Rural Development Authority 7. Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub Collector 8. Secretary, District Tourism Promotion Council 9. Additional District Magistrate (Collectorate) Tvpm 10. Finance Officer to District Collector 11. Chief, University Employment Guidance Bureau 12. Divisional Employment Officer 13. Block Development Officer, Tvpm Rural 14. Director / Secretary. CCDS

Since then the following District Collectors, Trivandrum guided the centre.

1. T.Balakrishnan IAS (24/4/90 -1/6/90), 2. Smt. Nalini Netto IAS (4/6/90 – 16/6/93)
3. Smt. Nivedita P.Haran IAS (17/6/93 – 19/11/94), 4. Aruna Sundararajan IAS (19/11/94 – 2/11/96), 5. Sri E.K. Majhi IAS (15/1/96 – 17/9/98), 6. Sarada Muraleedharan IAS (18/9/98 – 18/10/00), 7. S.Sreenivasan IAS (18/10/00 – 11/06/01), 8. K.R.Jyothilal IAS (11/06/01 – 7/06/02), 9. E.Ayyappan IAS (7/06/02 – 29/08/03), 10. K.R.Muraleedharan IAS (29/08/03 – 11/07/04), 11. Smt. Tinku Biswal IAS (2/07/04 – 24/07/05), 12. Sri.N.Ayyappan IAS (25-07-05 – 29/02/08)

Present Chairman - SANJAY KAUL ,Present Director - Prof. B.Chandrachoodan Nair

Academic Advisory Committee
Members :
1. Smt. Padma Ramachandran, Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala
2. Sri. C.P.Nair, Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala
3. Smt.J.Lalithambika, Former Addl. Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala
4. Dr.A.Sukumaran Nair, Former Vice Chancellor, Mahathma Gandhi University 5.Dr.P.J.Alexander, Rtd.Addl.DGP, Govt. of Kerala
Location of CCDS

          The Centre for Career Development Studies is accommodated in a rented building in GPO Lane very close to Kallamman Kovil. It is two kilometers away from city bus stand and 1.5 kilometers from Trivandrum Central Railway station. It is located close to Govt. Secretariat.

         The specific purpose of the centre is to provide the best available training to our aspiring youth in various competitive examinations.

The centre functioned in the Nandavanam LPS from 1997 – 1998, now accommodated in PKB Bldg, GPO Lane, behind GPO, Tvpm-695001

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J.LALITHAMBIKA
Retd. Additional Chief Secretary
Govt. of Kerala

       In spite of the significant changes in political and social fields, I believe that Civil Service is a challenging career for sincere, hardworking and committed young men and women. This is an area where one can really help the common man, the under dog who is always respected, who ever may be in power. A bright student who has a dream and is willing to work hard with single minded devotion can definitely reach his destination. I personally know that Centre for Career Development Studies has been giving proper guidance for the aspiring students during the last few years. This is a real service in a place like Trivandrum where facilities are quite limited compared with those in metro cities. I am very happy to learn that in every year at least two or three students from this centre have been able to join the Coveted Service. May the Centre continue its effort to inspire and guide the students to reach their goal

I wish the centre all success.