Kochi to Get India's First ‘Startup Village’ Soon

India’s first Public Private Partnership (PPP) telecom business incubator — 'Startup Village' — will be set up at KINFRA Park in Kalamassery, Kochi, Kerala.

Startup Village will focus primarily on student start-ups from college campuses and would be modeled on Technology Incubators in the Silicon Valley, US.

It aims to incubate 1,000 product start-ups over 10 years and start the search for a billion-dollar company from a college campus by the turn of this decade.

The National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the government of India, Technopark and MobME Wireless have joined hands to set up Startup Village.

The first phase of the Startup Village is expected to be inaugurated by February this year and the first batch would be inducted by April.

The campus of the Startup Village will have full 4G network, advanced telecom labs and all services required for a student to start a company even while in college.