Finance Minister K M Mani launched the Kerala Entrepreneurs’ Week and inaugurated the Kerala Financial Corporation- Kerala State Entrepreneurship Development Mission (KSEDM) scheme by distributing sanction communication to 12 incubated companies of Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) on Thursday at the Park Centre, Technopark.
The KSEDM scheme is a flagship programme of the KFC for promoting entrepreneurial spark in youngsters.
In his inaugural speech, Mani said that the government is committed to support the youngsters to come up with more enterprises and thereby strengthening the economy of the state.
With the inauguration of the Kerala Entrepreneurs’ Week, a week-long celebration has kicked off. Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI), Startup Village and NIT TBI, Calicut are jointly organising entrepreneurship awareness camps and programmes in colleges and schools across Kerala during this period.
The celebration will conclude on September 12, Kerala Entrepreneurs’ Day. The closing ceremony will be held in Technopark, which will be attended by the Chief Minister, Minister for IT & Industries and Minister for Finance, Law and Housing.
The inaugural function was also attended by P H Kurian , Principal Secretary, IT &Industries, P Joy Oommen, Chairman & Managing Director, KFC, K Ponnachan, Director, KFC, K G Girish Babu, CEO, Technopark and K C Chandrasekharan Nair, COO.
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