Summary:
The compiled report of the deliberations of the plenary will be submitted to the state government. Besides paper presentations by 28 research committees of the Indian Sociological Society, there will be plenaries, memorial lectures and conclaves. Special lectures will be delivered by Prof Jeffrey C Alexander, a distinguished sociologist from Yale University, USA. The inaugural event will be presided over by R Indira, the president of the Indian Sociological Society. V P Mahadevan Pillai, vice-chancellor of the University of Kerala will deliver the special address.