K. Satish Nambudiripad, IIS (Retired)
Shri K. Satish Nambudiripad is a former civil servant of the Government of India, with over three and a half decades of experience in areas ranging from public administration, policy formulation, government communication and institution-building. His professional experience spans public policy, scheme implementation, strategic communication, diaspora engagement and Centre-State coordination.
Currently, Shri Nambudiripad is heading the Centre for Creative Economy and Public Policy (C-CEPP) established in NIT Calicut in Keralam, as Professor of Practice and Chairperson. The Centre, first of its kind in Creative Economy set up in an institution of higher education in the country, is an interdisciplinary platform for research, education, policy engagement and institutional collaboration in the emerging areas of creative/orange economy. His present association with NIT Calicut also offers scope for closer collaboration among Government, academia, industry and the creative and knowledge sectors.
An officer of the 1991 batch of the Indian Information Service, he retired from government service in May 2026, after serving as Director General, Doordarshan, the apex leadership position in India’s public-service television network under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. During his career, he has held several senior assignments in the Union and State Governments, including:
• Director General, North-East Zone, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting• Head of the Electronic Media Monitoring Centre and New Media Wing• Additional DG, Administration and Training, Indian Institute of Mass Communication• Private Secretary to the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution• Director dealing with Secondary Education in the Union Ministry of Education (HRD)• Registrar of Copyrights, Government of India• Deputy Press Secretary to the President of India, late Dr. K. R. Narayanan, and• Official Spokesman, National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC)Shri Nambudiripad had also served in his home state of Keralam as the first Chief Executive Officer of the Non-Resident Keralites’ Affairs establishment from 2002 to 2005. During this period, he played a foundational role in setting up NORKA-ROOTS as the implementation agency of the NORKA Department and in developing welfare schemes and institutional mechanisms for Non-Resident Keralites.
He holds postgraduate qualifications in English Language and Literature, Management Program in Public Policy from Indian School of Business (ISB Hyderabad and Mohali) as well as Postgraduate Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. He has also undergone professional training at institutions including IIM Bangalore, LBSNAA Mussoorie, University of East Anglia, UK and the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Deeply interested in topics related to education, employment, migration and media, he has been contributing articles on developmental and social issues to newspapers and journals and delivering lectures at various fora. He has travelled extensively within India and to more than 25 countries abroad. He is interested in all forms of artistic and cultural expression and has been working closely with institutions such as the International Centre for Kathakali (ICK, Delhi), Rasikapriya and Swaralaya music foundations & Delhi Panchavadya Trust, to name a few. He can be contacted at nambudiripad@gmail.com
