Three-day International Conference on Development and Democracy to open on Sunday in Thiruvananthapuram

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A three-day ‘Vision 2031: An International Conference connected Development and Democracy’ organised by the Kerala State Planning Board volition unfastened successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Sunday (February 15).

Renowned economists, argumentation and 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, Planning Board vice-chairman 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 arsenic portion of formulating a semipermanent position for the State’s development, Mr. Ramachandran said.

“2031 marks the 75th day of the constitution of the State of Kerala. Vision 2031 is simply a wide-ranging effort to consolidate and measure the gains of societal and economical improvement successful the State, and to formulate caller policies and make caller perspectives for the future,” Prof. 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 Thapar volition articulation the inaugural league online. The Ambassador of Palestine to India Abdullah Abu Shawesh, World Food Prize laureate Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted besides volition beryllium among the speakers.

The league volition bring unneurotic implicit 3,500 delegates and implicit 150 speakers successful 20 multi-sectoral league sessions crossed 9 venues crossed the superior city.

On February 16 (Monday), eighteen thematic seminars volition beryllium held crossed the 9 venues, Planning Board 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; Member of Parliament, Kanimozhi; erstwhile Delhi High Court Chief Justice, A.P. Shah; manager of The Hindu Group (THG), N. Ram; and Planning Board vice-chairman V.K. Ramachandran are among the speakers.

The three-day league follows 34 thematic seminars organised by authorities departments successful October and November past year. “For the Government of Kerala, the formulation of nationalist argumentation is an workout successful people’s participation, and involves the widest imaginable consultations with experts and each sections of the radical earlier it is finalised. The ‘Vision 2031’ effort is simply a continuation of that effort,” Prof. Ramachandran said.

Published - February 14, 2026 07:02 p.m. IST

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