Kerala Tulu Academy is an organisation under

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

which opened in 2007. The purpose of the academy is to preserve and promote

Tulu language Tulu () in Kannada script, ml, ത‍ുള‍ു ഭാഷെ in Malayalam script. ''bhāṣe'', , ''bhāśe'', and ''bāśe'' are alternative spellings for the Tulu word ''bāse'' in the Kannada script. The correct spelling for the word ...

Tulu script Tulu () in Kannada script, ml, ത‍ുള‍ു ഭാഷെ in Malayalam script. ''bhāṣe'', , ''bhāśe'', and ''bāśe'' are alternative spellings for the Tulu word ''bāse'' in the Kannada script. The correct spelling for the word ...

, Tulu literature and Tulu culture. It is located in Hosangadi in

Kasargod Kasaragod () is a municipal town and administrative headquarters of Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kerala and ...

district, Kerala which has a considerable population of Tulu speakers, a language minority in the state. The academy was inaugurated by then Chief Minister

V. S. Achuthanandan Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan (born 20 October 1923) is an Indian Communist politician who was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011. At 82, he is the oldest person to have assumed the office. He served as the chairman of Admin ...

. The academy is planned to set up its office in Durgippalla near Hosangadi in Kasargod district, Kerala. Umesh M Saliyan is the current president of the academy, with Vijayakumar Pavala as secretary.

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{{reflist Indic literature societies 2007 establishments in Kerala Culture of Kerala Organisations based in Kerala Tulu language State agencies of Kerala Government agencies established in 2007