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Kerala University Technology and Business Start-up Centre

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The University of Kerala (UoK) started its experiments with start-ups, as early as in 2006, when it established an Industry Incubation Centre (IIC) and successfully incubated a student start-up - SooryaKiran Bioinformatics Pvt. Ltd. The Industry Incubation Centre has been renamed as "Kerala University Technology and Business Start-up Centre" (KU-TBSC) and re-started in 2016.

The KU-TBSC scheme mainly provides space and facilities for the start-up to function at a very nominal rate compared to other established incubation centres. Space is to be provided within the student's respective departments. All facilities and faculty of the department can be advertised by the student start-up as available to them on a consultancy basis, as per the relevant guidelines of consultancy.

The UoK start-up scheme, unlike most engineering college incubation centres, is not just focusing on technology based start-ups, but wants to encourage the very big diversity that exists in the university and wants students from every department to enthusiastically think about providing products/ services from their field.

U.O establishing KU-TBSC (Ref: U.O. Pl.A1.2806/IQAC/15 dt 12.4.2016; 292/16.1/IQAC dt 6.5.2016)

U.O establishing Executive Committee (Ref: U.O. Pl.A1.2806/IQAC/15 dt 30.5.2016)

Already Processed Start-ups (Ref: U.O.No.IQAC/292/2016 dt 21.11.2016)

1. MaD Analytics (Big Data Analytics company; www.madanalytics.org) from Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
2. SUKRTITI (Skin and Hair care products) from Dept. of Zoology
3. Pegasus Events (Event Management Company) from IMK and Dept. of Hindi
4. Rihla Malabar Arab Travel Solutions (Travel management for Arabic clients) from Dept. of Arabic

Proposals under consideration

1. Pure Intelligence from University College of Engineering
2. Waggle Labs from Dept. of Future Studies
3. A robotics start-up from Dept. of Future Studies
4. An IT-start-up from Dept. of Future Studies

Procedure for registration under KU-TBSC

1. Students submit their proposals to KU-TBSC after being approved by their respective department (members of the team can include outsiders, but the applicant should be a KU student). The theme of the start-up can be anything. It need not be related to the specific department, however, it is subject to the approval of the HOD.
2. KU-TBSC experts panel will evaluate the proposal during a committee meeting. Start-ups need to present their idea in front of the committee.
3. Once approved, the department will provide space and facilities for the start-up to function at a nominal rate. The estimated amount for about 4 computers in a small space will be around Rs. 4000/month. If departments lack space, KU-TBSC will make alternative arrangements for the students.
4. Probably by end of this year, a dedicated building for KU-TBSC will be completed in the space right in front of Technopark. The building will have a corporate front office, complete with a receptionist, seminar/ meeting room, waiting area, etc. Start-up offices will be small cubicles with unfinished walls, but with all facilities like wi-fi, etc.
5. The start-up should register as a legal entity as they deem fit - either as Pvt. Ltd/ LLP/ Partnership. Start-ups need not wait for approval to register at non-university address. However, if they want to use the Dept address as their official address, they need to wait for the approval.
6. Once registered, the start-up will sign an MOU with the University. Any facility and any expert of the University can be advertised by the start-up as their own. The start-up can use the facilities/ experts on a consultancy basis. However, University shall not be legally responsible for the actions of the start-up.

Templates

1. MoU Template Click here to download
2. Proposal Template Click here to download

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