Kochi, July 22 (KNN) India’s first ever Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) has been established in Kerala to promote affordable and sustainable building facilities to foster collaboration, innovation and knowledge-sharing among stakeholders.

Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) will be responsible for the CIH’s overall programme management.

It will also include the identification and recruitment of nascent companies as well as providing them with housing-related technical mentorship and connections, besides programme design and facilitation. 

Set up in association with Habitat for Humanity India (HFHI), an American non-profit organisation that builds homes and provides housing-related services to low-income families, CIH will be based in Kochi, where KSUM’s headquarters lie.

During the launch ceremony at the Sheltertech Summit India in Chennai on Thursday, KSUM CEO Anoop Ambika said CIH will help consolidate worldwide knowledge pertinent to construction. 

“This will ensure we gain in aspects like cost, quality and timeliness while building infrastructure,” he said, highlighting their role in accelerating the speed of development in Southeast Asian economies.

The cooperation will augment KSUM’s upcoming technological assignments, Ambika said. 

CIH, which will be accessible to startups across India and is envisaged to function virtually initially, gives KSUM a decisive role in setting up a secretariat at the nodal agency to handle its administrative tasks and identify a full-time point-to-contact person for the hub.  (KNN Bureau)