KANNUR: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will on Friday inaugurate the Malabar Innovation Entrepreneurship Zone, intended to create a start-up milieu in the northern part of the state. It is being set up by the Kerala Start-Up Mission (KSUM) in partnership with Kerala Clays and Ceramics Products Ltd. (KCCPL), at the company's Mangattuparamba unit here.
Minister for Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs E.P. Jayarajan will preside over the function. MPs from the region, P. Karunakaran, P.K. Sreemathi and K.K. Ragesh; MLAs T.V. Rajesh, James Mathew and K.M. Shaji, and senior officials will attend the function.
A panel discussion to be held at 2 p.m. will focus on the steps to create a start-up entrepreneurship ambience in e Malabar region.
Representatives of startups and various industries will participate in the discussion.
Over 60 per cent of the space in the incubation centre has been occupied by start-ups based in Kerala and Bengaluru.
The centre plans to produce successful entrepreneurs having business proposals relevant to the Indian context and create employment opportunities in the region.
