State Central Library opens branch in Technopark

Trivandrum / October 7, 2026

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7: The State Central Library opened a branch at Technopark Phase 1 campus here on Wednesday, seeking to support the literary and cultural engagement of the Technopark community.

The facility was opened as part of the State Government’s 100-day program.

Minister for Higher Education Shri Roji M John inaugurated the branch in Bhavani building of Technopark in the presence of State Central Librarian Smt Shobhana PK.

Shri K Mohan Kumar, former MLA and State Central Library Advisory committee member; Shri Abhilash D S, Assistant Vice President (Administration & Industrial Relations), Technopark; journalist and writer Shri Babu Ramachandran, social and political worker Shri Malayenkeezhu Venugopal, Shri C Rahim, writer and environmentalist; Technopark employees and State Central Library officials attended the inaugural function.

The Minister also inaugurated library’s smart card and digital payment facilities on the occasion.

The smart card facility will integrate library members’ details and ease the booking procedure while the digital payment facility will ease the financial transactions including the payment of fines.

Opening a branch of State Central Library has been a long-standing demand of IT employees and having materialised it as part of the state government’s 100- day program is an achievement, said Shri Roji M John.

Technopark employees and entrepreneurs should utilize this facility and cultivate their reading habit amidst their work load, he said.

The facility is stacked with a number of Malayalam and English literary classics and books on a range of other topics, the Minister noted, urging the employees to send their inputs and insights to improve it in the coming days.

The Higher Education Department will look into the feedback and take necessary steps to upgrade this facility, the Minister added.

The State Central Library is committed to cultivate reading habit among diverse professional communities and the opening of a branch in Technopark is a first step in that direction, said Smt Shobhana PK.

Reading books will revitalize the brain activity and reduce stress which will be helpful for IT employees, especially considering their work load, said Shri Babu Ramachandran.

The branch at Technopark will be open from 11 am to 6pm on all working days.

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