THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 43-member international delegation from 26 Commonwealth countries, belonging to the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC)-sponsored international training programme, attended an interaction meet on promoting innovations and entrepreneurship through incubators at Technopark. Technopark CFO and registrar T-TBI, K C Chandrasekharan Nair welcomed the delegation. The session was organised jointly by Asia Pacific Incubation Network and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad. The delegation was on their six-week study tour, sponsored by the Dept of External Affairs, Govt of India, under the ITEC and Special Commonwealth African Assistance Programme.
Sreejith, Technical Officer, Technopark TBI, gave an overview of various promotional activities being undertaken for promoting innovation and Entrepreneurship in the state capital. “We are ready to extend our hands in establishing Cross Continental Incubation between Technopark TBI and TBIs in their respective locations,” said KCC Nair. Girish Babu, CEO, Technopark, said: “The programme has served as a good international networking among incubators for developing nations and will help companies adapt internationally-recognised best practices inside their incubatory work environment”.;ENS
The programme was supported by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board and Dept of Science and Technology, Govt of India, and Asia Incubation Network.