{"id":7518,"date":"2013-01-26T22:37:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T17:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=7518"},"modified":"2013-01-26T22:37:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T17:07:42","slug":"national-innovation-council-to-showcase-startup-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/national-innovation-council-to-showcase-startup-village\/","title":{"rendered":"National Innovation Council to showcase Startup Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>National Innovation Council (NInC)<\/strong> has decided to showcase<a title=\"30 Days to Freedom \u2013 To Support the next Steve Job\u2019s\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/30-days-to-freedom-to-support-the-next-steve-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Startup Village<\/a> &#8211; a move that would prompt other State governments to replicate this model. The decision came at a meeting of NInC on January 22, 2013.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Kerala Start-up MindHelix Technosol selected for US programme\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/kerala-start-up-mindhelix-technosol-selected-for-us-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kerala Start-up MindHelix Technosol selected for US programme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Startup Village team and Shaffi Mather, Economic Advisor to Kerala Chief Minister Shri Oommen Chandy, made an elaborate presentation on the project, which aims to create 1,000 student start-ups in 10 years in the telecom sector.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovationcouncil.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Innovation Council (NInC)<\/a> headed by Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations (PIII) is an official platform to discuss, analyse and implement strategies for innovation in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7522\" title=\"Sam pitroda at Wowmakers Startup Village\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/01\/Sam-pitroda-at-Wowmakers-Startup-Village-699x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/01\/Sam-pitroda-at-Wowmakers-Startup-Village-699x466.jpg 699w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/01\/Sam-pitroda-at-Wowmakers-Startup-Village-222x148.jpg 222w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/01\/Sam-pitroda-at-Wowmakers-Startup-Village.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NInC meeting was held as a follow up to the visit by the NInC Chairman to Startup Village earlier this month. The meeting also appreciated Kerala government\u2019s support to the Startup Village through its &#8216;<a title=\"US Entrepreneur to set up Startup School in Kerala\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/us-entrepreneur-to-set-up-startup-school-in-kerala\/\" target=\"_blank\">Student Entrepreneurship Policy<\/a>&#8216;, which gives 20% attendance and 4% grace marks to students who pursue innovation on the campus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1JG78lV39U\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe momentum that Startup Village has had over the last eight months will now get a huge impetus with the endorsement from National Innovation Council. We are elated over the NInC\u2019s decision to include telecom incubation as its officially recognized project. This is a huge affirmation and recognition of our efforts to turn Kerala into India\u2019s Silicon coast by creating entrepreneurs out of campus students,\u201d said Sanjay Vijayakumar, Chairman of Board of Governors, Startup Village and Founder of <a title=\"MobME Wireless, from Kerala to go for IPO\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/mobme-wireless-from-kerala-to-go-for-ipo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mobme Wireless<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement for Startup Village\u2019s telecom incubation project has also come from management experts and top corporate bodies. IIM Ahmedabad\u00a0Prof. Anil Gupta and former president of NASSCOM, Kiran Karnik have agreed to visit Startup Village in a month\u2019s time. Similarly, Arun Maira, a Member of the Planning Commission, has also promised to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupvillage.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Startup Village<\/a> after the presentation of the Union Budget 2013-14.<\/p>\n<h3>Did you Know?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Startup village \u2013 2nd in World to have 1Gbps Internet connection\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/startup-village-2nd-in-world-to-have-1gbps-internet-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\">Startup village \u2013 2nd in World to have 1Gbps Internet connection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Considered as the largest national attempt to scale up innovation in the country, Startup Village aims to search for multi-billion dollar companies to rise out of an Indian campus through incubators in collaboration with the private sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Innovation Council (NInC) has decided to showcase Startup Village &#8211; a move that would prompt other State governments to replicate this model. The decision came at a meeting of NInC on January 22, 2013. 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