Kerala Public Service Commission

Kerala Public Service Commission
	Kerala PSC Kollam zonal and district offices, Andamukkam
Type	Constitutional body
Purpose	Recruitment
Headquarters	Thulasi Hills, Pattom Palace P.O., Thiruvananthapuram 695004 Kerala
Region served	Kerala
Chairman	M. R. Baiju
Staff	1600
Website	keralapsc.gov.in

The Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) is a government body in the state of Kerala, India, responsible for recruiting candidates for various state government jobs through competitive examinations. It was established in 1956 by the provisions of the Constitution of India. The commission is headquartered at Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, and has three regional offices and 14 district offices.

History

In 1923, the Indian Government established a Public Service Commission to examine the salary structure of the Indian Civil Service and the possibility of transferring some of the duties to provincial services. The commission was composed of five Englishmen and four Indians, with Viscount Lee of Fareham serving as chairman.^[1]

List of former chairmen

Former Chairmen^[2]
SL. No.	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Kunhiraman.C	1949	1950
2	Ramavarma Thampuran	1950	1956
3	Velayudhan.V.K.	1956	1962
4	Mariyarputham.V	1963	1967
5	Devassy.M.K.	1967	1972
6	Kumaran.M.K.	1972	1975
7	Savankutty.T.M.	1975	1981
8	Hemachandran.M.K.	1981	1984
9	K. G. Adiyodi	1984	1984
10	Gopalakrishna Kurup	1985	1991
11	Chandrasekharan Nair.R.	1991	1995
12	Gopalakrishna Pillai.G.	1996	2000
13	Gangadhara Kurup.M.	2000	2006
14	Salahuddin.K.V.	2006	2011
15	Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan	2011	2016
16	ADV. M.K.Sakeer	2016	2022
17	M R Baiju	2022