Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi VIjayan will launch 'SV.CO', the digital transformation of Startup Village and online incubator for student ventures, here Wednesday.
Billed as the second phase of Kochi-based Startup Village that was set up in 2012, the digital step-up of the telecom incubator will be launched at a function to be held at the College of Engineering here, an official release said.
The campaign offers a month's free training, which will help students take advantage of the services of SV.CO, it said.
The event will be attended by several dignitaries, including state finance minister T M Thomas Isaac, Infosys Co-Founder and Chief Mentor of Start-up Village Kris Gopalakrishnan, head of National S&T Entrepreneurship Development Board Dr H K Mittal.
The online digital incubator aims at leveraging the guidance and mentoring capabilities of the students, who would like to dabble in the fascinating world of start-ups across the country, it said.
Startup Village is a pioneer in incubation ecosystem in the country with its bold experiments and PPP structure. Currently, more than nine States have sent official delegations to the Start-up Village to study its model, the release added.