Startup aspirants to gather in one of Asia’s biggest summits by KSUM

Third edition of IEDC to be held on November 3

Aspiring entrepreneurs are set to congregate under one roof for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Center (IEDC) summit in November, one of Asia’s biggest gatherings of startup aspirants looking to convert ideas into market-fit products.

Conceived as a bridge for budding entrepreneurs to bridge the gap between ideation and execution, the meet will serve as a miniature incubator to enable them to walk in with an idea and walk out with a product.

 To be held at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally in Kottayam district on November 3, the third edition of the IEDC summit is one-of-its-kind initiative planned with the objective of accelerating aspiring entrepreneurs. As many as 4,000 participants from 210 colleges are expected to attend the event.   

The meet will also witness introduction of future masters of technology startups to the panel of senior and seasoned businessmen, besides exploring professional networking possibilities, filtering of ideas and dynamic team building.

All the participants will get an opportunity to pitch their ideas and network to form teams before they are taken to the delight of the launch pad. Mentoring and brainstorming sessions will evolve their ideas to a prototype and finally as market fit products to make the journey unending.

This proactive entrepreneurial cell is a flagship initiative of the KSUM to inculcate the golden spark of entrepreneurship in the young blood.

This edition of the IEDC will also turn out to be an enquiry space of Kerala Government’s pet schemes on entrepreneurship development.  

 For details, contact: 94968 05712, email: sreekutty@startupmission.in.

 KSUM is the nodal agency of Government of Kerala for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in the state.

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PATENT SUPPORT SCHEME

Kerala Government's 'Patent Support Scheme' provides support to startups and student entrepreneurs who are able to secure a patent.

As per the Kerala Technology Startup Policy 2014 (https://keralastartupmission.wordpress.com/tag/kerala-technology-startup-policy/), the cost of filing and prosecution of patent application will be reimbursed to the startups registered with #KSUM, subject to a limit of Rs. 2 lakh per Indian patent awarded. For foreign patents on a single subject matter, up to Rs. 10 lakh would be reimbursed.The reimbursement will be done in 3 stages, during filing, prosecution and award.

Register now to avail this: https://startupmission.kerala.gov.in/register

Meetup Cafe - #RebuildKerala Special

#MeetupCafe is back and this time it’s for a special cause!

#Kerala witnessed an unprecedented response from the people during the devastating floods. Many stories on how volunteers from different backgrounds came together during the #KeralaFloods came out. So this time for #MeetUpCafe we will be talking on  'Lessons from Flood: Life is not about earning money. It's about living together and help each other’.

Speakers
Anshu Gupta (Founder - Goonj)
Prasanth Nair IAS
Anbodu Kochi Team
Team Compassionate Keralam
Panel Discussion: How Kerala flood relief effort became a shining example of Digital India’s promise - (Qkopy, Riafy & Strava Technologies)
Special Mention about Birth of Chekutty

Date: 19th September 2018
Time: 5:00PM - 7:30PM
Venue: KTIZ, Kochi

 An impressive line up of speakers waiting for you so register now: https://bit.ly/2xbwPkZ

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India’s first underwater drone developed at Maker Village handed over to NPOL DRDO

India’s first underwater robotic drone developed at Maker Village, Kochi which can send real-time video of ships and other underwater structures to help with their repair and maintenance,  was launched and handed over to the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO on 14 September 2018.

The first commercial Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)/ underwater drone, EYEROV TUNA, was developed by EyeROV Technologies, a company incubating at Maker Village which is the largest hardware incubator in the country. NPOL, a laboratory of Delhi-headquartered Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), made the first order of the product.

The development of the product of EyeROV was largely supported by Kerala Start up Mission (KSUM) through various schemes.

C Balagopal, Founder, Terumo Panpol launched the product. NPOL Director S Kedarnath Shenoy received the ROV from Dr Saji Gopinath, CEO Kerala Startup Mission. The drone will be used by NPOL for research and development activities which in turn would result in a commercial product for defence purposes.

S Kedarnath Shenoy said that the underwater drone was co-developed by NPOL to meet their specifications. “Besides, we firmly believe that it would also energize the start-up ecosystem in this place,” he pointed out.

The robotic drone, developed by Johns T Mathai and Kannappa Palaniappan P of EyeROV Technologies, can be navigated up to a depth of 50 meters to take real-time HD video images to examine ship hulls or undersea cables or bridge moorings, eliminating the need for costlier and riskier manual inspection by divers.

Prasad Balakrishnan Nair, CEO, Maker Village; and senior officers from Cochin Shipyard Ltd, Cochin Port Trust, KSEB, Fire & Rescue Department, KSIDC, KFC, SFO Technologies, Waves Electronics, TiE and KMA attended the launch event.

This product had won at the prestigious US-centered hardware startup competition, Alphalab gear hardware cup co-hosted by US Consulate,  that was held in India for the first time at Maker Village.

EyeROV, which was tested on India’s first solar ferry in Kerala’s Vaikom, offers high manoeuvring capability at low cost and can be put to uses ranging from inspections of ship hulls, ports, dams and nuclear power plants, to search and rescue, naval mine detection and ocean studies.

Currently,  60  hardware companies from across the country working on cutting-edge technologies are incubating from the 30000 sqft area of Maker Village. Maker Village offers comprehensive facilities, support services and related enablers under one roof to facilitate the entrepreneurial journey from ideation to product. EyeROV belongs to the first batch of  5 start-ups which started incubating at Maker Village. At least half a dozen companies from Maker Village  shall launch their products in the next 6 months’ time.

GMi Meetup Cafe - First Edition

Kerala Startup Mission in association with GMi is hosting the first edition of GMi Meetup Cafe at 5.00 PM Friday,14 September 2018 at Malabar Hall, Calicut. 

‘GMi-Meetup Cafe’, a platform aiming to bring innovators, industry leaders, investors, academicians and government officials together. 

The Meetup Cafe will enable startups to meet and network with stakeholders in the startup ecosystem.

Speakers

• Gopikrishnan V (Founder, BuildNext)
• Roshan Kynadi (MD, Kynadi Plantation, General Secretary, GMi)

Who should attend the Meetup Cafe:

Startup founders/team 

Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Industry leaders

Professionals looking for networking

Investors/Media looking to interact with the Startups

The event aims to serve as a platform for exchanging ideas, fostering partnerships and building beneficial networks. The event is part of a series of events and initiatives being undertaken by Kerala Startup Mission to make a vibrant and creative startup ecosystem in Kerala.

Date & Time : September 14, 2018 5.00 PM to 7.00 PM

Venue: GMi Hall, K.P. Chandran Road, Rajeev Nagar, Puthiyara P.O, Kozhikode

Register: https://goo.gl/forms/8bRXZrfuYVEA9DJ62

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