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Regional Institute of English, South India, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore - 560 056, Tele Number: +91 080 2321 8452 / 3243, Fax Number: +91 080 2321 1732, E-mail: elt@riesi.co. A premier Institute at the national and international level that helps States shapes their policies and practices in English language education to facilitate a continuous process of quality enhancement through research and development in curriculum, materials and training.
The Regional Institute of English, South India, Bangalore was established as a society in the year 1963 through a Memorandum of Association registered under the Mysore Society Regulation Act 17 of 1960.
The Memorandum of Association was signed among others by:
Education Secretary, Government of Mysore Education Secretary, Government of Kerala Education Secretary, Government of Madras Education Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh Deputy Educational Adviser, Ministry of Education, Government of India
As per the decision taken at a meeting of the Education Secretaries and Directors of Public Instruction of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Mysore (now Karnataka) and Madras (now Tamil Nadu) in the chambers of Education Secretary, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore on 12th November, 1962 at 3.00 p.m. it was resolved that
The Institute functions under the direction and control of the Board of Governors which comprises the Education Secretaries of the four member states and a nominee of the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
The office of the Chairman of the Board is held by rotation for a period of one official year by one of the Education Secretaries of the four states. Presently Mr. James Varghese IAS, Secretary to the Government, General Education Department, Trivandrum, Kerala is the Chairman of the Board and next year the Secretary, Education Department, Government of Tamil Nadu will take over.

