The State Planning Board and the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) had jointly organized a Two-Day National Seminar on “11th Five Year Plan of Karnataka: Perspectives” on 4th-5th May 2007. The seminar was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy. Technical sessions on various themes were held at the Seminar and experts from academic institutions, senior and prominent administrators from the Government of Karnataka and different stakeholders from the agriculture, industry and tertiary sector and NGOs participated in the presentation, discussion and provided valuable suggestion for policy making. The major focus of the seminar was on the following thrust areas: “Agriculture and Water Management”, “Industry and Infrastructure”, “Balanced Regional Development”, “Social and Human Development”, “Financing the Plan”, and “Implementation Strategies”.