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.
[2] Twelve years later, on 1 November 1980, a regional center was set up in Kozhikode.
This was largely the result of the work done by the Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad during 1967-69[2] The then Minister of Education Sree Triguna Sen inaugurated the functions of Kerala Bhasha Institute at Kanakakkunnu Palace, Thiruvananthapuram on 16 September 1968.
[5] In 1996, then the Computer Book Series scheme was initiated, the Institute changed its policies with regard to its glossaries.
[citation needed] 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.