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{{Infobox organization
| name = The Kerala State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications
| image =File:Logo State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications.png

| image_size = 50px
| motto =
| formation = 1961
| type = Autonomous Institution
| headquarters = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], <br/>{{IND}}
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| leader_title2 = Vice Chairman
| leader_name2 = [[A. K. Balan]]
| leader_name3 = Rani George IAS
| leader_title3 = Secretary
| parent_organisation =
| website = {{url|https://sites.cdit.org/siep/en/|Official website}}
}}

The '''State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications''' (SIEP) is a cultural institution founded in 1961<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Subramoniom |first=V. I. |year=1994 |title=International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics |publisher=[[University of Kerala]] - Dept. of Linguistics, Dravidian Linguistics Association |volume=23-24 |page=113 |issn=0378-2484}}</ref> under the [[Department of Cultural Affairs (Kerala)|Department of Cultural Affairs]], [[Government of Kerala]], [[India]] with the objective of disseminating knowledge to the people of [[Kerala]] in their pursuit of learning. It was constituted as part of the government policy that [[Malayalam]] should be used as the medium of education, administration and judiciary.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2001 |title=Malayalam Literary Survey |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |volume=23 |page=37 |oclc=4602396}}</ref>

SIEP has engaged in the publication of [[encyclopaedia]]s contributing to the needs of the lay people and also to the professional interests of the specialists.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Social and cultural history of Kerala |author-link=A. Sreedhara Menon |last=Menon |first=A. Sreedhara |page=361 |year=1979 |publisher=Sterling |location=New Delhi |oclc=6629548 }}</ref> These include the ''[[Sarvavijnanakosam]]'', a Malayalam Encyclopaedia,<ref>{{Cite book|title=A social history of India |author-link=S. N. Sadasivan |last=Sadasivan |first=S. N. |page=650 |year=2000 |publisher=APH Publishing |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-7648-170-0 }}</ref> volume 12 of which won the Dravidian Linguists' Association award for the best educational volume of 2003,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Award for encyclopaedia |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/24/stories/2004062409710400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040816055306/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/24/stories/2004062409710400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 August 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 June 2004 |access-date=26 February 2010 }}</ref> and ''An Encyclopaedia of Dravidian Culture''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1980 |title=Proceedings of the All-India Oriental Conference |publisher=[[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]] |volume=29 |page=143 |oclc=255644496}}</ref> It is the only body in India functioning as a separate institute for the publication of such encyclopaedias.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

Other activities of the institute include organising exhibitions about Malayalam culture<ref>{{Cite news|title=Movements that shaped the State |url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article89007.ece |work=The New Indian Express |publisher=[[The New Indian Express Group]] |date=31 December 2009 |access-date=26 February 2010 }}</ref> and publishing software to promote the use of Malayalam in [[information technology]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Software for Malayalam |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/08/stories/2005070801320200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050722075017/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/08/stories/2005070801320200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=8 July 2005 |access-date=26 February 2010 }}</ref>
The present director of SIEP is Dr. A. R. Rajan.

==Current products==

Following are the current books published by SIEP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SIEP Publications |url=https://sites.cdit.org/siep/en/publications/ |website=SIEP - [[Centre for Development of Imaging Technology|C-DIT]]}}</ref>

* [[Sarvavijnanakosam]], a general [[reference work|reference]] [[encyclopedia]] in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]].
* [[Viswasahityavijnanakosam]], an [[encyclopedia]] on [[world literature]] in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]].
* '''A Frontier of Science Series''' in several volumes covering the developments in Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Computer Science & IT, Astronomy & Space exploration, Geography & Geology, Meteorology, etc.
** '''Paristhithivijnanakosam''', on life sciences and Environment.
** '''Jyothisasthra Vijnanakosam''', on Astronomy & Space exploration.
** '''Parinama Vijnanakosam''', on Evolution.
* '''Samskarikam''', articles on cultural institutions controlled by Government of Kerala.

==Plans==
* '''Vijnanakosam on Kerala''' in one or two volumes which will contain all relevant information about the state - its land, people, history, places of cultural and tourist importance, prominent institutions, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Future plans |url=http://www.sarvavijnanakosam.gov.in/future-plans.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906131530/http://www.sarvavijnanakosam.gov.in/future-plans.htm |archive-date=6 September 2018 |publisher=Sarvavijnanakosam.gov.in}}</ref>
* '''Vijnanakosam''' (in single volume) about the folklore, folk games and festivals of Kerala
* '''Varshika Vijnanakosam''', Yearbook
* '''Keralavijnanakosam''', web edition of an encyclopaedia dealing with the diverse aspects of Kerala.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://sites.cdit.org/siep/en/ Official site]
*[https://sites.cdit.org/siep/en/publications/ SIEP Publications]

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