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Oppo Offers Incubation Support for Kerala Startups

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Mobile phone manufacturer Oppo Mobiles India Private Limited will run an incubation programme and support select startups under Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), besides providing market access and technical expertise to them.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between M Sivasankar, Secretary, Electronics and IT, Government of Kerala, and Tasleem Arif, Vice President, and R&D Head, India, Oppo, in the presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during the inaugural ceremony of ‘Huddle Kerala 2019,’ one of Asia’s largest congregations on startup ecosystem, here on Friday.

The two-day event is being organised by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in association with Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

As per the MoU, Oppo will host the startups at OPPO R&D Centre for workshops and training. Besides, it will also provide physical infrastructure for the incubation process executed with Oppo support.

KSUM also signed an MoU with Wadhwani Foundation for conducting acceleration programmes for SMEs, startups, entrepreneurship education and women startups on the sidelines of the event. It was signed between Sivasankar and Abhinav Khera, Senior Vice President, Wadhwani Foundation.

Meanwhile, SpacePark, Government of Kerala and Orbital Micro Systems Ltd also signed an MoU for cooperation in building a “Global Earth Observation Centre-of -Excellence” in the capital city. It was signed between David Gallaher, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist, Orbital Micro Systems, and Santhosh Kurup, Special Officer, Space Park.

The MoU states about building a world-class, space tech-focused Global Earth Observation Centre-Of-Excellence (GECOE) in Kerala.

 

NE Reporter

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