From 1959, the city corporation took over the running of the administration.
He is the 25th person to have become mayor of the city corporation, since the its establishment in 1984.
The city corporation is run by a joint staff of elected public representatives and government officials.
The city corporation leased the land to the Academy for a period of 99-years.
The seats had been paid for by the City Corporation.
The city was changed to a municipal board to a city corporation in 2001.
In the 18th century, the city corporation recommended that the bishop erect a new building.
Thiruvananthapuram has been made a city corporation with an elected Mayor.
It is the only church in England privately owned and used for worship by a city corporation.
Construction started in the late 1920s with work being undertaken by the City Corporation.