Young Entrepreneurs Summit 2014

A Government of Kerala initiative to foster entrepreneurship in young minds

Young Entrepreneurs Summit (YES) is a flagship event to establish Kerala as a vibrant Entrepreneurial State. This is an international summit aimed at fostering the growth of entrepreneurship in young minds and at creating an enabling environment for startups highlights in the state across all sectors. YES will showcase the existing facilities and support services available to prospective young entrepreneurs to realize their business dreams.

The summit will emphasize the combined initiatives of agencies like KSIDC, KFC, TBI, Technopark, Infopark, and KINFRA in creating a holistic ecosystem conducive for young entrepreneurs. YES will also become a platform for young innovators to share their innovative ideas. At the event, the final selected innovators/ideas will be rewarded and the event will also honour selected successful startups across the state.

YES


Young Entrepreneurs Summit (YES) is a flagship initiative aimed at installing entrepreneurship in the minds of students and youth of Kerala. This novel venture by Government of Kerala with the support of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) and Industries Department, aims to establish Gods’ Own Country as a vibrant Entrepreneurial State. Highlighting the existing facilities and supporting services available to prospective young entrepreneurs to realize their business dreams, the event will showcase the combined initiatives of agencies like KSIDC, Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC), TBI, Technopark, Infopark, and KINFRA in creating a holistic environment beneficial for young entrepreneurs.

YES is one of the navaratna programmes taken under the Government of Kerala's Mission 676 programme. The government has great expectations from YES as it’s a step towards emerging from Kerala with in Kerala. Encouraging the possibilities of entrepreneurial developments, KSIDC has taken the initiative to spearhead this programme by conducting Young Entrepreneurs Summit (YES) in September 12th which is being celebrated as "Kerala Entrepreneurship Day".

YES is a key evangelization initiative meant to aware the youth on the entrepreneurial possibilities and the investment avenues opportunities available in Kerala for them. A lot of young entrepreneurs have looked up for vision, leadership and change; we hope that they can re-build Kerala.

Objectives


The objective of YES is to instill an entrepreneurial mind set in the youth of Kerala and should be viewed as the commencement of a journey, and not an end in itself.

The main highlights of YES include the launching of infrastructural initiatives such as:

  • Dedicated incubators and labs for emerging sectors like Life and Medical Sciences, Agri-tech, Food processing, Marine, Fashion and Electronics
  • Training and skill development programs such as Boot Camps for college students, junior Boot camps for schools
  • Internationalizing course curricula in cutting edge disciplines
  • Provision of technology and tool-kits
  • Creation of Innovation zones
  • Value added services including mentoring by experts and professionals

Program Schedule

CURTAIN RAISER    (10.00 am - 10.45 am)
Welcome Address Shri. P.H. Kurian IAS
Principal Secretary (Industries & Information Technology)
YES Overview Smt. Aruna Sundararajan IAS
Additional Chief Secretary & MD, KSIDC
Presidential Address Shri. P.K. Kunhalikutty
Hon. Minister (Industries & Information Technology)
Government of Kerala
Address & Lighting of lamp Shri. K. Babu
Hon. Minister (Fisheries, Ports & Excise)
Government of Kerala
Address & Opening of Exposition Shri. V.K. Ebrahim Kunju
Hon. Minister (Public Works)
Government of Kerala
Address Shri. Anoop Jacob
Hon. Minister (Food & Civil Supplies, Registration & Consumer Protection)
Government of Kerala
Felicitation Adv. Jose Thettayil MLA
Vote of Thanks Shri. Pranav Kumar Suresh
CEO, Start Up Village
PARALLEL SESSIONS    (10.45 am - 01.00 pm)
Session Chair
10.45 am - 11.05 am
Keynote Speaker
11.06 am - 11.21 am
Innovator
11.22 am - 11.37 am
Start up
11.38 am - 11.53 am
Agriculture & Food Processing Venue: Empress Hall 1
Shri. Siraj Hussain IAS
Secretary Food Processing, GoI
Shri. Ajith Kumar
Vice Chancellor,
NIFTEM
Shri. Ashok Mani
Synthite Group
Shri.Vinodkumar
Palakkad Coconut Producers company
Electronics & Digital Media Venue: Empress Hall 2
Shri. Ajaykumar, IAS
Jt. Secretary, GoI
Shri. M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS
President IESA
Shri. Jahangir
NEST
Ms. Dhanya Jhonson
Ms. Deena Venugopal
Tourism Venue: Kings court Hall 3
Dr.Venu, IAS, Jt. Secy,
Ministry of Culture, GoI
Shri. Jose Dominic
CGH Earth
Shri. Shanker, MD,
Banasura Hill Resorts
Ms. Maneesha Panicker
Silk Route
Business Innovation & Green Technologies Venue: Kings court Hall 4
Shri. Anil K. Gupta
IIM-Ahmedabad
UKTI Shri. James Joseph
Jackfruit 365
Shri. Rahul Nayar
Shri. Alexie Levene
Shri. M. J. Cherian
Presentation of Top Innovative Idea
11.54 am - 12.09 pm
Panel Discussion
12.10 pm - 12.30 pm
Interactive Session
12.30 pm - 1.00 pm
(02.00 pm - 04.15 pm)
Session Chair
2.00 pm - 2.20 pm
Keynote Speaker
2.21 pm - 2.36 pm
Innovator
2.37 pm - 2.52 pm
Start up
2.53 pm - 3.08 pm
Health Care & Life Sciences Venue: Empress Hall 5
Shri. C. Balagopal
PENPOL
Shri. Azad Mooppen
ASTER Medicity
Shri. Sam Santhosh
CEO, SCI Genomics
Shri.Maneesh Mailenkot
CEO, Origin Labs

Shri. Varun Nishanth
HelloDOC
Manufacturing & Allied Sectors Venue: Empress Hall 6
Shri. Amarendra Sihna IAS
Addl. Secretary &
Development Commissioner,
MSME, GoI
Shri. Ameer Ahmed
CMD, Manappat Group
Shri. Rajesh Nair
MIT
Smt. Diwia Thomas
Shri. Prasanth David
Shri. Paul Anand
CEO, Biotz
Information Technology Venue: Kings court Hall 7
Shri. R. Chandrasekhar
NASSCOM President
Shri. V.K. Mathews
IBS Group
Shri. Ravi Gururaj
Head of NASSCOM Product
Conclave & Co-Chair of
HBS alumni angels
Shri. Pavan Kumar
Mind Helix

Kum. Sreelakshmi Suresh
Presentation of Top Innovative Idea
3.09 pm - 3.24 pm
Panel Discussion
3.25 pm - 3.45 pm
Interactive Session
3.45 pm - 4.15 pm
IGNITING THE FLAME OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP    (04.30 pm - 06.30 pm)
04.30 pm to 06.30 pm
YES Film
Welcome Address Shri. P. H. Kurian IAS
Principal Secretary (Industries & Information Technology)
Government of Kerala
Way Forward Smt. Aruna Sundararajan IAS
Additional Chief Secretary & MD, KSIDC
Presidential Address Shri. P. K. Kunhalikutty
Hon.Minister (Industries & Information Technology),
Government of Kerala
  • Launch of KSIDC Angel Fund
Key Note Address Shri. K.M. Mani
Hon. Minister (Finance, Law & Housing),
Government of Kerala
  • Virtual Inauguration of Kerala’s first Women’s Incubator at Assumption College, Changanacherry

Contact Us


Mr. Nandan P.V
Business Development Executive
Strategic Business Group, KSIDC
Ph: +91 97450 17777
Email: nandanpv@ksidcmail.org

Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd.,
Head Office, Keston Road, Kowdiar,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – 695003
Ph: +91 471 2318922, Fax: +91 471 2315893
Email: ksidc@vsnl.com