VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has inaugurated the start-up warehouse in Kochi in the presence of Shri P. K. Kunhalikutty, Minister for Industries and IT, Government of Kerala, and Shri P. H. Kurien, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology. The start-up warehouse has been launched in support with the Kerala Government to build entrepreneurial capabilities in the state of Kerala, create a vibrant community to connect investors, mentors and start-up entrepreneurs, and building tech-entrepreneurship as a preferred career option. The warehouse will be managed by NASSCOM’s 10,000 Start-ups program. The steering committee of Start-up Warehouse, Kochi includes Dr Jayasankar Prasad, CEO, Kerala Start-up Mission; Hrishikesh Nair, CEO, Infopark; Mukund Krishna, CEO, Suyati Technologies Pvt. Ltd; Sunil Balakrishnan, Global Head for Development Center Operations, UST Global; and Ashok Madaravally, Deputy Director, NASSCOM 10,000 St...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Startup Village, India's first public-private partnership incubator is ready to take off from Kerala in the second week of April with a projected investment of Rs. 100 crore and the aim of nurturing over 1,000 student start-ups. Startup Village is supposed to come up in Kochi, looking to emulate the famed Silicon Valley incubators and transform Kerala into 'Silicon Coast'. The project is said to kick-start the search for the billion-dollar company to rise out of an Indian campus. Shri. Oommen Chandy, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala flanked by a host of eminent people from the industry and the Government has launched the dream project. Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM; Dr. H. K. Mittal, Department of Science & Technology (DST); Shri. Rajan Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India; Abhishek Goyal, CEO, UrbanTouch.com; and Shri. Sanjay Vijayakumar, Chairman, Board of Governors of Startup Vil...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE During a recently conducted meeting, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy announced that the awaited Smart City ITproject will begin September-end. The road map for the mega project, which is expected to come up on a 250-acre plot in Kochi, is expected to provide close-to 100,000 jobs. Chandy informed that the things were moving fast and the work would begin next month according to their timetable drawn up since the time they took over. "All the hitches are over and it is going to be on the fast track," said Chandy. Incidentally, it was Chandy who had first finalized the proposed mega IT project in his previous tenure. The succeeding Left Democratic Front, headed by V. S. Achuthanandan, laid the foundation stone for the project, but nothing else happened during his rule. The road map that has been prepared indicates that the first phase would be commissioned before October 31, 2012. The Dubai meeting also gave directions for the n...