Kerala state BJP president Kummanam Rajasekharan has recommended former civil servant, Dr. C V Ananda Bose, for Governorship as an acknowledgment of his great contributions to the southern state. In a note to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, he is learnt to have said Bose's appointment as governor may boost the state party unit's chances of winning the next general election. Rajasekharan 's assessment is based on the fact that Bose continues to be an icon among the state's youth population and his adoption by the party would, therefore, send out a positive signal. Rajasekharan said, " Dr. Bose has not only contributed to the state but also made contributions at the national and international levels in the field of cost-effective housing. Govt. of India has already accepted his recommendations in the National Housing Policy". Dr. Bose is credited with setting up the first Nirmithi Kendra (Building Centre) in the country in the Kollam district which became the institutional mechanism for the propagation of cost-effective, environment-friendly (CEEF) building technology. This was positively evaluated by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India (1993). Based on the Kollam model, the Government of India launched the National Building Centre Movement to replicate Nirmithi Kendras (Building Centres) in every district of the country. The Nirmithi Movement was adjudged by the United Nations as one of the Global Best Practices in the field of sustainable human settlement development. Dr. Bose is considered an eminent administrator, writer, orator, and innovator. He pioneered path-breaking administrative innovations in rural development, affordable housing, eco-tourism development, redressal of public grievances, women's empowerment, development of weaker sections of society, and promotion of art and culture. The innovations have found expression in various developmental programs that have been executed at the district, state and national levels in India.