Sub Committees of EC

K-DISC has the following Committees for the management of various activities of the organization:

Human Resource Management and Competency Development Committee

The following shall constitute a talent scouting committee for Human Resource Management and Competency Development which will recommend scouting of talents like consultants and senior positions in K-DISC:

  1. Member Secretary
  2. Vice Chancellor, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
  3. Vice Chancellor, Digital University of Kerala
  4. Executive Director (Planning, Competency Development, and Innovation Systems)
  5. Senior Administrative Officer
  6. One of the independent members nominated by the Executive Committee

Procurement Committee

The procurement follows the store purchase manual of the Government of Kerala. The General Financial Rules of the Government of India are followed for components not covered under the store purchase manual. The following members constitute the procurement committee which approves the procurement of products and services required by K-DISC:

  1. Member Secretary
  2. Finance Secretary, Government of Kerala, or his nominee not below the rank of Secretary
  3. Executive Director (Innovation Technologies)
  4. Executive Director (Management Services)
  5. Senior Finance Officer
  6. One of the independent members nominated by the Executive Committee

Risk Management Committee

The following members constitute the Risk Management Committee which specifically examines innovative projects which involve high risk. The committee devises strategies for involving risk management in the entire innovation cycle of K-DISC and monitors risk management effectiveness.

  1. Executive Vice Chairperson
  2. Member Secretary
  3. Chief Executive Officer, Start-up Mission
  4. Executive Director (Planning Competency Development and Innovation Systems)
  5. One of the independent members nominated by the Executive Committee for a period of five years

Internal Committees

K-DISC has the following internal committees for specific activities:

Internal Audit Committee

The following members constitute the Internal Audit Committee which shall  put in place systems of internal audit.

  1. Executive Director (Management Services)
  2. Senior Finance Officer
  3. Finance Manager
  4. Procurement Manager
  5. One of the program Managers (on a rotation basis)
Library Advisory Committee

The following members constitute the Library Advisory Committee which manages the physical and electronic library of K-DISC. The library will be accessible to the employees of the organization and the research scholars/ students associated with it. It has online subscriptions for CMIE, JSTOR, Indiastat, Web of Science, EPW Research Foundation Online services, and Kindle services for subscriptions like Taylor and Francis Cambridge University Press, Blackwell Publishing, Springer Link, Sage Journals, Wiley Online, EBSCO, and IEEE. 

  1. Mr. Shaji A. (Chairman)
  2. Dr. Vishnu Vijayan M.A (Convenor)
  3. Dr. P.V. Unnikrishnan
  4. Ms. Sajitha P.P
  5. Mr. Ajith Kumar N.K
  6. Ms. Deepthy Mohan
  7. Ms. Shakeela K.T
  8. Mr. Biju S. Narayan
Media Committee

The following members constitute the Media Committee constituted to coordinate, support and approve various campaign activities related to the programs of K-DISC.

  1. Mr. K. Manoj Kumar (Chairman)
  2. Mr. Biju Parameswaran (Convenor)
  3. Dr. Arun Surendran
  4. Mr. Manoj Krishnan
  5. Ms. Lakshmy K.J.