Kerala Startup Mission facilitates Idea Fest winners

Thiruvananthapuram, June 21 (KNN) The talent and skill of the young generation needs to tapped for the further development of the Kerala economy, State Minister for Higher Education Dr. R Bindu said on Monday.

While speaking at the felicitation ceremony organised by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) to honour the winners of Idea Fest , Bindu said “the State government was ready to provide full support to skill-training programmes.”

“Through their innovative ideas and enterprises, students can also effectively contribute to Kerala’s efforts to become a knowledge economy”, she added.

Apart fr0m classroom activities, it was vital to conceive skill development programmes for students to kindle their creativity.

Idea Fest , a flagship initiative of KSUM, seeks to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among students and academic fraternity in the educational institutions across the State.

Teams with 68 ideas selected fr0m a total of 681 ideas were felicitated at the function where the IEDC accreditation was also given away to eight colleges based on their performance.  (KNN Bureau)