CED in its career path has always given great emphasis towards interaction between individuals and organizations towards a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach. CED organized the 3rd Indian Environment Congress at Thiruvananthapuram during December 2004. In 2005 CED initiated the Kerala Environment Congress with the following objectives:

• To provide an annual platform for interaction among young and senior scientists in various fields for sharing of expertise and experience and to bring out new and innovative technologies in the field of environment and development
• To improve and enhance the networking between various groups like individuals,research institutions, government departments, non government organizations etc
• To produce a comprehensive document on different aspects of the specific topic selected each year
• To offer an open forum for the general public to interact with the scientific communityon the major environmental issues the State is facing.

The Congress includes Keynote and invited presentations, as well as paper and poster presentations on specific focal themes selected for each year. Another attraction of the Congress is an Open Forum with public participation, on a specific topic of local relevance. Since one of the major objectives of the KEC is to promote young researchers (age 35 and below), CED instituted to institute Young Scientists Awards for the Best Paper and Best Poster Presentation.

The Sixth Kerala Environment Congress (KEC 2010) is scheduled to be held at Thiruvananthapuram from 24^th - 26^th June 2010.Details….

Details of the KEC conducted during previous years