{"id":19471,"date":"2014-07-04T17:08:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=19471"},"modified":"2014-07-04T17:08:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:38:38","slug":"start-up-cell-launched-in-trivandrum-and-kochi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/start-up-cell-launched-in-trivandrum-and-kochi\/","title":{"rendered":"Start-up Cell launched in Trivandrum and Kochi!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>#Startups:<\/strong><\/em> Aimed at stimulating the growth of start-ups in the state, the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has launched start-up cells at Trivandrum and Kochi. The decision to setup start-up cells were taken on the basis of state government&#8217;s Student Entrepreneurship Policy, 2012.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/technopark-gets-openispace-huts-for-startups\/\" target=\"_blank\">Technopark gets \u2018OpeniSpace\u2019 huts for Startups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/centre-for-innovation-and-technology-incubation-started-at-technopark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Innovation and Technology Incubation started at Technopark<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>The start-up cells will serve as help desks for the budding innovative entrepreneurs and will provide assistance to incubates and start-ups in the state. Young entrepreneurs can \u00a0access start-up cell either through phone or by email.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>KSIDC have announced a slew of initiatives to make Kerala a sought-after destination among the young entrepreneurs. To attract high-quality innovation and entrepreneurship, <strong>KSIDC is planning to setup \u2018Knowledge Network\u2019 for linking centres of excellence like Sri ChitraThirunal Institute of Science &amp; Technology, Amritha Institute of Science &amp; Technology, Tropical Botanical Gardens &amp; Research Institute etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It will also host the Young Entrepreneurs Summit (YES), Kerala&#8217;s flagship event to establish the state as a vibrant entrepreneurial state, on September 12 also known as Kerala Entrepreneurship Day. Chief minister Oommen Chandy has unveiled the logo of YES recently.<\/p>\n<p>KSIDC has been receiving a steady stream of enquiries from start-ups. These start-ups include both home-grown companies as well as young Kerala entrepreneurs from outside interested in starting enterprises in Kerala.<\/p>\n<p>Help Desk Numbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trivandrum: 0471-2724812 \/ 9745017777<\/li>\n<li>Kochi:\u00a0 0484-2321443 \/ 9745018888<\/li>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:startupcell@ksidcmail.otg\">startupcell@ksidcmail.otg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Startups: Aimed at stimulating the growth of start-ups in the state, the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has launched start-up cells at Trivandrum and Kochi. The decision to setup start-up cells were taken on the basis of state government&#8217;s Student Entrepreneurship Policy, 2012. Technopark gets \u2018OpeniSpace\u2019 huts for Startups Centre for Innovation and Technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":19501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,5],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-19471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startups-technology","category-technology","tag-startups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}