From Cabinet to classroom: Keralam Ministers in student mode for two-day session at IIM-K
The Kerala Council of Ministers attended a two-day leadership retreat at IIM-Kozhikode to discuss governance, AI, and climate resilience. The program aims to equip state leadership with modern strategic skills for future policy-making.
Why it matters
This initiative represents a rare effort to integrate academic expertise and modern management techniques into state-level political governance.
Revisiting their student days, the Council of Ministers of Keralam turned up at the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) on Friday (September 4, 2026) for a strategic two-day leadership retreat that brought the State’s political leadership together with academics and international experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping Keralam’s future.
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and his 20 Cabinet colleagues took part in the first day of the two-day residential retreat, titled ‘Reimagining Keralam,’ organised by the IIM-K.
Mr. Satheesan who lighted the traditional lamp to kick-start the programme also shared a glimpse of his “back-to-school” moment on social media.
Posting the photographs on X of the Ministers seated in an IIM-K classroom, Mr. Satheesan wrote: “I am back to the classroom after years.” He said: “we are becoming students again to learn lessons for tomorrow, including governance, leadership, climate resilience and financial reforms in the AI era.”
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