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.
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.
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:
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
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Key Note Address | Shri. K.M. Mani Hon. Minister (Finance, Law & Housing), Government of Kerala
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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