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It should be noted that the CDS-UN (1975) study clearly identified
educated unemployment as one of the most serious problems Kerala was
facing and discussed at length the problem of growing unemployment in
a condition of high social development. The Report has benefited from
first-hand information on issues of educated unemployment in Kerala,
collected through a primary survey conducted in the three districts of
Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kannur. The survey, conceived and
designed by the CDS team, was carried out by the Kerala Statistical Institute
(KSI), Thiruvananthapuram.
The Kerala physical map and thematic maps were prepared by
Dr. Srikumar Chattopadyaya of the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS),
Thiruvananthapuram. Thanks are also due to the Directorate of Public Instruction
for providing the latest data on district and class-wise school enrolment in
Kerala, as well as to Ms. Aruna Sundararaj, former Secretary, Kerala Information
Mission, for providing necessary information on the Akshaya model and sharing
her views on the prospects of IT-enabled services in Kerala.
The unstinted support and help from the administrative and library
staff of CDS, especially from the registrar, Mr. Soman Nair, and
Mr. Chidambaram Pillai, librarian-in-charge, and their colleagues, Ms. Usha Devi,
Mr. Anil Kumar, Mr. K. Muraleedharan, Ms. S. Rajalakshmy, Mr. Gopakumar,
Ms. Shobhana Kannan, Mr. Amir, Mr. Krishnan Kutty, Ms. Girija and Mr. Binu.
I wish to thank Dr. Kannan who proceeded on leave in November 2004 after
completing a draft of the Report. After the dissemination workshop held in
August 2005, the HDR team has revised the Report considerably on the basis
of comments and suggestions received from the participants and discussants.
I wish to record my appreciation to the team members for their commendable
work in completing the Report.
K. Narayanan Nair
Director
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram
January 2006