New Initiatives for Student Entrepreneurs
Startup Village’s milestone achievement of securing 1,000
applications in 15 months took on added shine on Independence Day this year as
the State Government announced the rollout of its flagship Student Entrepreneurship
Policy to schools in the second phase. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in his
Independence Day speech cited the example of Startup Village, India’s first
telecom technology business incubator, as a testament to the success of the
policy which was announced by the State Government at the Emerging Kerala
Global Connect in September last year and offered a number of incentives for
college students wanting to set up business startups. In its second phase, the
Student Entrepreneurship Policy, which is designed to encourage innovations by
youngsters, will be extended to school going students.
Around 10,000 bright school students from classes VIII to XII will
be chosen through an online examination and provided computers and other
learning material to improve their technology skills as part of the new
project. “Young people are going to provide the strength for Kerala’s forward
march, and our duty is to provide them with the opportunities here at home,”
the Chief Minister said. “It is very clear that employment and growth
opportunities around the world in the next 50 years are going to be based on
technology,” he said. He declared that September 12, the anniversary of the
Emerging Kerala meet, would be celebrated in the state as Entrepreneurship Day.
(Courtesy: Passline Magazine)
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