The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has been reconstituted. Rajan Gurukkal and Rajan Varughese will continue as the council vice chairman and member secretary respectively.
Higher Education Minister R. Bindu is the chairperson of the government think tank. Its executive body comprises Digital University Kerala Vice Chancellor Saji Gopinath, former Mahatma Gandhi University Vice Chancellor Sabu Thomas, Director in-charge of Technical Education M.S. Rajasree, University of Kerala senior professor P.P. Ajayakumar, Paul V. Karanthanam of St. Thomas College, Pala, and K.K. Damodaran. The Principal Secretary, Higher Education, will be the ex-officio member of the body. The tenure of the council will be four years.