Three-day international conference on development and democracy to open in Thiruvananthapuram on February 15

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The Kerala State Planning Board is organising a three-day ‘Vision 2031: An International Conference connected Development and Democracy’ successful Thiruvananthapuram from Sunday (February 15).

Renowned economists, readying experts and scholars from crossed the globe volition enactment successful the lawsuit which aims to germinate a improvement position for Kerala for the play up to 2031, readying committee Vice-Chairperson V.K. Ramachandran said present connected Friday.

The league volition reappraisal the past 10 years of improvement successful the State, analyse nationalist and planetary champion practices and formulate a semipermanent position for the State’s development, Mr. Ramachandran said.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan volition inaugurate the league astatine 4 p.m. connected Sunday astatine the Sankaranarayanan Thampi Members’ Lounge of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Renowned economist Amartya Sen and historiographer Romila Thappar volition articulation the inaugural league online. Ambassador of Palestine to India Abdullah Abu Shawesh, World Food Prize laureate Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted besides volition beryllium among the speakers.

18 seminars

On February 16 (Monday), 18 thematic seminars volition beryllium held crossed 9 antithetic venues crossed the superior city, readying committee adept subordinate Jiju P. Alex said. Themes see labour rights, women empowerment, inclusive development, mobilisation of fiscal resources for development, biology sustainability and clime mitigation, societal empowerment, modernisation of sectors specified arsenic agriculture, education, skilling and wellness and technological conservation of vigor and h2o resources.

The Chief Minister volition code the closing ceremonial astatine the Sankaranarayanan Thampi Hall connected February 17. A seminar, ‘Secularism, Democracy and Consultative Government,’ is planned connected the occasion. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, Kanimozhi, MP, erstwhile Delhi High Court Chief Justice A.P. Shah, N. Ram, Director of The Hindu Group (THG), and Mr. Ramachandran are among the speakers.

The three-day league follows 34 thematic seminars organised by authorities departments successful October and November. Planning committee subordinate caput Sharmila Mary Joseph and different committee members were contiguous astatine the property conference.

Published - February 13, 2026 04:59 p.m. IST

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