Kerala is a state with immense development potential. With a strategic location on International sea routes, a highly educated population, massive strategic mineral reserves such as titanium and Thorium, and an expatriate population in every country in the world, Kerala has every advantage. However, lags in economic development. Most young people have no choice but to leave Kerala to find jobs. Kerala has the highest youth unemployment rate in India. Reimagining Kerala is a research initiative that aims to identify the challenges hindering Kerala's development and explore ways to address them. The Centre for Developmental and Sociological Studies intends to organise a series of talks, interviews and surveys. The process will cover all 14 districts and a comprehensive sampling of stakeholders in Kerala's development, such as traders' organisations, businessmen, bureaucrats, civil society organisations, intellectuals, politicians, students, trade unionists, etc. The data gained from these events will then be compiled, analysed and collated to generate policy suggestions for Governments at national, state and local levels. We will also formulate suggestions on how civil society organisations can better intervene to ensure the development of Kerala, and remove the tag of Kerala as merely a labour-exporting state.