Kochi Corporation calls a Future Kochi Conclave to draft the city's urban development policy

4 November 2026

The Kochi Municipal Corporation will hold a Future Kochi Conclave on 6 and 7 November, together with the Future Kerala Mission of JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), on whose campus it will be held. Cardiff University of the United Kingdom is a partner. Sessions will take up urban finance, climate resilience, waste management at the ward level, the running of a municipality, the care of heritage and the place of people pushed to the margins. The conclave will be opened by K M Shaji, who holds the Local Self-Governments portfolio, and he will also chair a panel of mayors. Chief Minister V D Satheesan will give the keynote address on the second day. Roji M John, who holds Higher Education, and V E Abdul Gafoor, who holds Fisheries, will speak at sessions, and chairpersons of neighbouring municipalities will join a session on working with the Kochi Corporation. The recommendations will be handed to the State Government at the closing session.