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{{Infobox union<br />
| name = KGOA<br />
| location_country = India<br />
| affiliation = <br />
| members = 22,000 (approx.)<br />
| full_name = Kerala Gazetted Officers' Association<br />
| native_name = <br />
| image = [[File:A drawing of the Flag of Kerala Gazetted Ofiicers' Association (KGOA).png|frameless]]<br />
| caption = The Kerala Gazetted Officers' Association flag<br />
| founded = 1966<br />
| dissolved = <br />
| merged = <br />
| headquarters = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]] {{coord|8.497682|N|76.951837|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| key_people = Dr. M A Nazar (President)<br>Dr. S R Mohanachandran (General Secretary)<br />
| website = {{URL|http://kgoa.in/}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
'''Kerala Gazetted Officers' Association (KGOA)''' is a prominent [[Left-wing politics|left]]-leaning service organization in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]], that represents the [[Gazetted Officer (India)|Gazetted Officers]] of the state civil service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kgoainfo.org/|title=KGOA Official Website|last=KGOA|first=Kerala Gazetted Officers Association}}</ref> Founded in 1966, the organization consists of professionals like [[Engineer]]s, [[Physician|Doctors]], [[Veterinary physician|Veterinary Surgeons]], Agricultural Officers, Scientific & Technical officers, Administrators, and Ministerial officers. Approximately 22,000 out of the 35,000 Gazetted Officers in service in the state are members of KGOA.<br />
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== Objectives ==<br />
KGOA emphasizes on the necessity of people-oriented civil service, and has been instrumental in taking up causes of the civil servants and working class since its inception. The ''KGOA News'' monthly is the mouthpiece of the organization.<br />
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== Headquarters and organizational structure ==<br />
It is headquartered at the KGOA State Committee Office near the [[Kerala Government Secretariat|Kerala Secretariat]], [[Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram|Palayam]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. The state committee, composed of elected members, acts as the apex decision-making and organizational body. There are district committees and offices in each district that carry out functions at the district-level.<br />
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== Office bearers ==<br />
The state-level office bearers of The Kerala Gazetted Officers' Association (as of 2021) are listed below.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kgoa.org/bearers1|title=KGOA Office Bearers|last=Office Bearers|first=Kerala Gazetted Officers Association}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+KGOA State-Level Office Bearers<br />
!Name<br />
!Position<br />
|-Sreelathakumari<br />
|Dr. M A Nazar<br />
|President<br />
|-<br />
|Dr. S R Mohanachandran<br />
|General Secretary<br />
|-<br />
|P V Jinraj<br />
|Treasurer<br />
|-<br />
|Dr. E T Bindhu<br />
|Vice President<br />
|-<br />
|T N Mini<br />
|Vice President<br />
|-<br />
|P P Sudhakaran<br />
|Vice President<br />
|-<br />
|Dr. Shaji K K<br />
|Secretary<br />
|-<br />
|A Bindhu<br />
|Secretary<br />
|-<br />
|M Shajhan<br />
|Secretary<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://keralangounion.in/ Kerala Non-Gazetted Officers Union (NGO Union)]<br />
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