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{{Short description|Indian academic publishing house}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Primary sources|date=April 2009}}
{{Infobox institute
|name = Kerala Bhasha Institute
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|caption = Kerala Bhasha Institute
|established = 1968 Sep 16
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|head = Dr. Sathian M<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/keycont.htm |title=Official website of silkerala |website=www.keralabhashainstitute.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121102520/http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/keycont.htm |archive-date=21 November 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|city = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|state = Kerala
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|country = India
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|website = https://www.keralabhashainstitute.org
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The '''Kerala Bhasha Institute''' is an academic [[publishing house]] in India that was established on 11 March 1968 as a part of the [[fourth five-year plan of India|fourth five-year plan]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://keralaculture.org/kerala-bhasha-institutue/171|title=The Kerala Bhasha Institute (Institute of Language)|website=keralaculture.org|access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref> Twelve years later, on 1 November 1980, a regional center was set up in [[Kozhikode]]. It is located in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in [[Kerala]]. It publishes books on [[STEM fields|science and technology]], [[the arts]], [[literature]], [[folklore]] and [[information technology]]. In addition to book publication, the institute also runs translation camps, book festivals, computer training and seminars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/preface.htm |title=Official website of keralabhashainstitute |website=www.keralabhashainstitute.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109224347/http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/preface.htm |archive-date=9 January 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/activities.htm |title=Official website of keralabhashainstitute |website=www.keralabhashainstitute.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109223758/http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/activities.htm |archive-date=9 January 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History ==
The first publications of the institute included 16 glossaries (''shabdaavali'') including a ''Vijnaanashabdaavali'' and a ''Maanavikashabdaavali''. Such glossaries were made in keeping with the guidelines for technical terminology put in place by a standing commission dealing with the production of scientific and technological glossaries. This was largely the result of the work done by the [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad|Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad]] during 1967-69<ref name=":0" />

The then Minister of Education Sree Triguna Sen inaugurated the functions of Kerala Bhasha Institute at Kanakakkunnu Palace, Thiruvananthapuram on 16 September 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/ml/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82-0 |title=ചരിത്രം | Kerala Bhasha Institute |website=www.keralabhashainstitute.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621180005/http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/ml/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82-0 |archive-date=21 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1996, then the Computer Book Series scheme was initiated, the Institute changed its policies with regard to its glossaries. They also rewrote the Malayalam Shorthand Manual, and are involved in the work of publishing the complete works of famous authors and comprehensive study books.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

On the anvil are plans to develop a mechanism for recording dictation in [[Malayalam]] as is currently available in English, a ‘work bench’ for translators, a system for providing the Vijnaanakairali magazine and other publications on mobile phones and a plan to develop a CD and tutoring system for language study.<ref name=":0" />

== Aim ==
# Developing [[Malayalam]] into an effective medium of communication for modern scientific and technological knowledge
# Prepare [[Malayalam]] text books for higher education and for reinventing the language so as to enable it to adapt to the changing needs of the times<ref name=":0" />

==Awards and honors==
# N. V. Sahitya Award for 'Keralthily Chumar Chitrangal' (''Mural paintings in Kerala'') - M. G. Shashibhooshan{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
# Naalappadu Award for ''Adipra Roopangal'' by [[M. Leelavathi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/awards.htm|title=official website of silkerala|website=www.keralabhashainstitute.org|access-date=2016-07-17|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624230529/http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/awards.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100817021129/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/14/stories/2010081453600400.htm Kerala Bhasha Institute awards announced]
*[http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+BHASHA+INSTITUTE+INTERNATIONAL+BOOK+FESTIVAL+ARAYIDATHUPALAM+GROUND+FROM+11+AM+DEBATE+ON+RELIGION+FAITH+AND+COMMUNALISM+4+PM+BOOK+LAUNCH+BY+INDUSTRIES+MINISTER+ELAMARAM+KARIM+6+P.html?event_type=L&id=2444&linkid=27 International book festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144446/http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+BHASHA+INSTITUTE+INTERNATIONAL+BOOK+FESTIVAL+ARAYIDATHUPALAM+GROUND+FROM+11+AM+DEBATE+ON+RELIGION+FAITH+AND+COMMUNALISM+4+PM+BOOK+LAUNCH+BY+INDUSTRIES+MINISTER+ELAMARAM+KARIM+6+P.html?event_type=L&id=2444&linkid=27 |date=13 July 2011 }}

[[Category:Organisations based in Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Indic literature societies]]
[[Category:1968 establishments in Kerala]]
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