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In commemoration of his birth centenary, a tribute was rendered to EMS Namboodiripad –the first Chief Minister of Kerala, and the chief architect of modern Kerala- by organising a one-day seminar on “Kerala: Towards a New Horizon” on 21 February 2009 in New Delhi. Having deliberated upon Kerala’s past and present in the seminar; efforts were made to look up the paradigm for future Kerala. Shri Prakash Karat, inaugurated the seminar, and Dr.K.N.Panikar summed up the whole deliberations. Dr.Sunil.P.Elayidom, Dr.K.N.Ganesh, Dr.Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Sachidanandan, Smt.Brinda Karat and Dr.C.P.Chandrasekhar spoke on different topics.
| Topics | Presented | |
| Inauguration: | Sri Prakash Karat | Download |
| Ideological and cultural antecedents: Renaissance, Enlightenment, Modernity | Dr. Sunil P Elayidom | Download |
| Political transformation: Anti-colonial struggles, National movement, Left Movement formation of Kerala | Dr. K.N. Ganesh | Download |
| Economic and social changes: Changing modes of production- agriculture, industry-role of state, Impact of Globalization | Dr. Jayati Ghosh | |
| Representation of social reality in art and literature: Forms of resistance with special reference to Malayalam Literature | Prof. K Sachidanandan | |
| Evolving politics and the polity to emerge in the years to come | Smt. Brinda Karat | |
| Alternatives to a globalised world order: Models of resistance; democratic decentralisation and people’s planning. To where from now? | Dr. C P Chandrasekhar | |
| Concluding Address | Dr. K N Panikar | Download |