Annual Report 2007-08

Spreading the Spirit of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Chairmans message Technopark-TBI is the first Business Incubator which has been operating successfully in Technopark. Technopark is the largest and greenest technology park of the Country with world class IT infrastructure facilities in a resort like environment. T-TBIs primary goal has been identifying and promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and employment through business incubation activity. With the leadership of committed business experts and with the co-operation of dedicated employees, support of Department of Science & Technology (DST) and networking with Universities and premier academic institutions of the state T-TBI has made significant strides. The T-TBI is acting as a platform for the new and innovative entrepreneurs to develop their ideas into products and services and build businesses out of them. Technopark has launched several other complementary initiatives like Technopark Business Incubation Centre (TBIC), National Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (NCIIE), Technopark- TePP Outreach Centre (T-TUC) and Technopark Software Engineering Competency Centre (TSECC) to create an eco system that nurtures and supports entrepreneurs. Unlike other business incubators, Technopark-TBI is unique in itself because of its novelty in spreading techno-entrepreneurship among the students and innovators. Technopark TBI is the pioneer in introducing and organizing various programmes like Technopreneur workshops, Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps, Entrepreneurship Development Programmes, residential Faculty Development Programmes, Bar camps, Boot camps, One-to-one and panel discussions, Software Engineering workshops, online mentoring and networking, TechTop the all India student project competition with highest prize money, Engineering students project exhibitions, Entrepreneurship Development Cells, TBI Extension Centres, Virtual Incubation and Pre-incubation facilities. Besides, Technopark TBI is financially supporting the budding Technopreneur through Seed Support System and molding them technically to become successful entrepreneurs. It is a matter of pride that Technopark-TBI bagged the National Award for the Best Technology Business Incubator in India for the year 2007. The inspiration given by Technopark-TBI to the society in creating an entrepreneurship culture among the student community as well as creating employment generators in the College campuses is highly

significant. It is indeed a great pleasure to see that the services rendered by Technopark TBI in promoting technopreneurship is triggering the industrial and economic regeneration in the State of Kerala. We wish to place on record our gratitude to the various agencies of Govt of India and the Govt of Kerala and the multitude of institutions and individuals supporting us in this great initiative. Let me also wish the dedicated team in Technopark greater success in future.

N.Radhakrishnan Nair Chairman

Secretarys Message I have seen and interacted with thousands of students, but this is the first time a group of students have come up to me and told me that they dreamed to be job creators and not job seekers. This is a very fascinating and happy moment for me to see the changes that students are trying to bring in to our country, said Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam, when he met the founding team of Torque Technology Solutions, the first students incubated company in TechnoparkTechnology Business Incubator, Kerala. Technopark launched the Business Incubation programmes, Technopark Business Incubation Centre (T-BIC) in the year 2002 with Government of Kerala support. Technopark has started Technology business incubator in 2007 and in no time it became one of the best technology business incubators in the country. Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) is a joint initiative of Technopark, Trivandrum and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. T-TBI is registered as a Society on 7th June 2006 under Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act XII of 1955. Our efforts got recognised when Technopark Technology Business Incubator got DST support on 1st April 2007. T-TBI has phased its activities to maintain the status of a Regional TBI in the state with extensive networking among all Engineering Colleges and Management Institutes in the state in association with Higher Education Department & Directorate of Technical Education, Govt of Kerala. The State Government recognized Technopark as a Centre of Excellence for this purpose. T-TBI has been giving admission to technology development and product based companies to become successful business enterprises. T-TBI also extends mentoring services through various technology and management experts who are proficient in guiding the Incubatees. TTBI provide Incubatees with necessary infrastructure support, technology/ prototype development support, research assistance, help in getting VC funding and Seed Support, mentoring & business consulting assistance and do whatever is necessary to make the start-up a success. T-TBI is providing a 10,000 sq. ft fully furnished office modules of sizes ranging from 150 sq. ft to 300 sq. ft. with plug and play facilities to house the incubation companies. Another 2000 sq. ft. of this space is set aside for Incubator office, Laboratory, Library etc. and is used as training rooms and faculty offices. As a part of the expansion plan, 5000 sq. ft space has been furnished in Tejaswini building with latest infrastructure and networking facilities. The new office modules have been designed with a built up size of 300 sq. ft to 400 sq. ft with centralized air conditioning and failsafe supporting facilities at a reasonable cost for successfully setting up their ICT office units in capital city of Kerala.
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Technopark was successful in admitting 12 new companies and generating employment for more than 250 people through its incubation programmes in the year 2007-08. About 23 companies have been functioning in the incubator facility with varied business in IT & ITES sectors. Unlike previous years, this year Technopark-TBI could admit business ventures from niche areas like Optical Holography, Bio Informatics, Embedded & Hardware Systems, and Medical Electronics, e-learning business portals and ERP business solutions. The companies were given expert mentoring and counseling before starting their start up ventures in the TTBI. It is a matter of delight that no companies functioning in the incubation were dropped out during the last year; which made up a success rate of 100%, with the capacity utilization of the installed facilities of 95%. This is really a creditable achievement in the country. As on March 31, 2008, TBIC and T-TBI together have incubated 62 start-up companies. Technopark is one of the Outreach Centres (T-TUC) of DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research) for the selection and evaluation of genuine Innovators and Entrepreneurs in the Country. DSIR has recognised Technopark as their TUC during 2007 and in short span of time two of our Incubatees were sanctioned sizable TePP funding in 2007-08. Mr. Sanjay Vijaykumar ,CEO of TORQUE Pvt Ltd, an engineering college student start up and incubatee of T-TBI was sanctioned a TePP grant of Rs.8.00 lakhs for his innovation Mobile Crime and Accident Reporting Platform( M-CARP). Another student entrepreneur and incubate of TTBI Mr.Aaron Joseph George from Velozeta Engineering Solutions P Ltd also got TePP funding of Rs.12 lakhs for his innovation Six Stroke Engine. Another innovator Dr.P.T.Ajith Kumar, CEO of Light Logics Holography & Optics Pvt Ltd was sanctioned a TePP funding of Rs.14.50lakhs for his project Development and Optimization of a Holographic Pulsed Portrait Camera System. This seed funding helped these innovators to kick start their product development and commercialization activities. T-TUC has been maintaining a panel of technical experts called the Technology Angels from various parts of South India, who are willing to assist these innovators in need basis. So far, T-TUC is having about 35 Technology Angels who are specialized in areas of physics, automobile, mechanical engineering, biomedical, bioinformatics, chemical engineering, computer science, electrical and electronics engineering, cryogenic engineering, dentistry, energy management, entomology, geology, food science, marine technology, medical electronics, metallurgy, power electronics, oncology, ship technology and zoology. During this year, Technopark-TBI has participated in 2 day national workshop on Technology Entrepreneurship Education- Theory and Practice, held at Intel India Development Centre, in Bangalore on December 13 and 14, 2007.The programme was jointly organized by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt.of India, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and UC-Berkely, USA. Technopark in association with Degree Controls Inc. of USA and with the support of IEEEKerala Section, IBS and Executive Knowledge Lines Magazine successfully organized TechTop 2007, an All India Level Engineering Students Project Exhibition. This Contest opened up the avenues for Engineering Student from various states to demonstrate their innovative idea with a working model. Tech Top is one of the most sought after technical competition for engineering students with a prize money of Rs.1,00,000/-.The event was formally inaugurated by Dr.Ajay Kumar IAS, Secretary IT, Kerala. About 70 Applications from 10 states namely Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarath, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were received , out of which 18 projects were selected for the final contest that held on October, 2007. TechTop 2007 exhibition held
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in park centre attracted quite a number of visitors; most of them were students from various engineering colleges in the city and employees of Technopark companies. Technopark-TBI added one more golden feather to its crown by hosting the Second Annual Conference of ISBA, the Indian STEPS (Science & Technology Entrepreneur Parks) and Business Incubators Association, from 31st January to 2nd February 2008. Besides members of ISBA, the participants at the 3 day event included delegates from International science parks and business incubators, financial institutions, venture capitalists, angel investors, business consultants, R& D institutions and academia. The event commenced with Preconference workshop Technopreneur 2008 on January 29 and 30. The National Advisory Council (NAC) Meet, TePP National Meet, 85th TePP Screening Committee Meeting and Technology Angels Meeting were conducted concurrently with ISBA 2008. The Events saw the convergence of a large number of distinguished personalities to Technopark, Trivandrum, from within the country as well as from outside, including delegates from the different arms of the World Bank like infoDev and the Asian Association of Business Incubators (AABI). We have received a very good appreciation from the participants and received a lot of TBI enquiries from innovators, students and prospective entrepreneurs. Technopark successfully organized the first follow up of Technopreneur 2008, a one day workshop on Promoting Technology Business Incubation and Building Enterprises at Malabar Palace, Kozhikode on 10th March, 2008 with NITC TBI, STED and VHSE. The program was supported by DST, TIFAC & DSIR, Govt. of India and STED, NIT TBI. One of the greatest achievements of T-TBI during the year was that we bagged the prestigious National Award for the Best Technology Business Incubator in the Country for the year 2007, for playing a key role in promoting the entrepreneurial culture in the Country. The award is instituted by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for encouraging and recognizing the business incubation activity. Former President and renowned scientist Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam presented the National Award which was received by T-TBI Chairman, Mr. N. Radhakrishnan Nair along with me at a glittering ceremony held in New Delhi. T-TBI had a lot of achievements and challenges during last year. The motivation and the team spirit we gained through the past experience give us confidence in accomplishing our goal of promoting the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship nationwide.

K C Chandrasekharan Nair Secretary Cum Registrar

Technopark-Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) has been inspiring the young talents of Kerala to transform themselves into Job Creators rather than Job Seekers. It motivates to transform their Innovations into commercial products and guide and nurture them to emerge as successful entrepreneurs. Technopark being the first and greenest IT Park in the country proved to have provided the most conducive working environment for a Technology Business Incubator to developing in-house entrepreneurs by supporting their innovations through incubation. Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) is a joint initiative of Technopark, Trivandrum and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. T-TBI is a registered as a Society on 7th June 2006 under Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act Number XII of 1955. Technopark, Trivandrum has been a pioneer in utilizing the advancements in the field of Information Technology for bringing economic prosperity to the State of Kerala, located in the southern tip of India. Technopark-TBI is spearheading the Entrepreneur Development activities by identifying and nurturing the young talents in the Engineering Colleges and Technical Institutes in the locality. Technopark launched the Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) in the year 2005 and has started its operation during 2006 as a Regional TBI with extensive networking among all the Engineering Colleges and Management Institutes in the state in Association with Higher Education Department & Directorate of Technical Education, Govt of Kerala. T-TBI has been instrumental in spreading the spirit of Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship among the smart young talents residing in the campuses of Kerala. Typically, T-TBI provide entrepreneurs with necessary infrastructure support, technology/ prototype development support, research assistance, help in getting funding, mentoring & business consulting assistance and do whatever is necessary to make the start-up a success. Technopark TBI promotes Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Development through several value enhancement services like assistance and advices to Legal, Financial, Tax Planning, research and development activities, creating networks among eminent resource persons and introducing Venture Capitalists, IPR Issues, thus carrying out high end technology commercialization. So far the Incubation initiatives of Technopark through T-BIC & T-TBI has assisted 62 start-up companies. Out of this, 34 companies have graduated and moved into
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larger space in the Campus and 23 are still continuing their operation in the incubator. Altogether, these companies have created 2000 job opportunities thus yielding a success rate of almost 95% that indeed a creditable achievement to the country. T-TBI is a member of the Indian Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park and Business Incubators Association (ISBA) and is actively supported by Department of science and Technology (DST), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)/ Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), Government of India. VISION To become the best Technology Business Incubator in the Asia Pacific region by identifying and promoting the potential innovators and entrepreneurial talents all over the region and to bring excellence to the technology and knowledge-driven business startups in their early-stages itself, through technology and business incubation , there by enhancing the culture and climate of technopreneurship in the nation.

MISSION To make T-TBI a Centre of Excellence for Entrepreneurship development and a leading R & D centre for the commercialization of Innovative Technologies. Provide infrastructure, management assistance, financial resources, and support networks that enable new and emerging companies to succeed and prosper creating value-added jobs for the region through the commercialization of technology. Spot and support the launch, growth, stabilization and long-term success of the incubator companies. To create, regulate and sustain a globally competitive entrepreneur friendly environment. An appropriate tool for the economic development by promoting technology/ knowledge-based home grown companies , culture of Technopreneurship for creating Job Providers.

OBJECTIVES T-TBI works to achieve the following objectives. Identify entrepreneurial talents Promote an entrepreneurial culture in Kerala Assist the entrepreneurs to build technology-based enterprises. Introduce entrepreneurial skills to the students of Technical Institutions. Address the technology based entrepreneurship development requirements in the traditional sectors of Kerala Train the entrepreneurs in technology and business management. Build appropriate training programmes suitable for Keralas socio-economic culture Identify market niche for technology products and services to be addressed by entrepreneurs. Interfacing and networking among academic, R&D institutions, industries and financial institutions Undertake Research & Development activities and build a workable model of technology based Entrepreneurship in Kerala. Establishing a platform for speedy commercialization of the technologies developed in the institutes to reach the end-users

QUALITY POLICY T-TBI is committed to promote and encourage Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship by providing quality environment including quality infrastructure, mentoring and all support services essential for budding entrepreneurs thereby fostering a globally competitive entrepreneur friendly environment through networking with the academia, government and industry by continual improvement of business activities.

THRUST AREAS T-TBI is having thrust areas in Information and Communication Technologies including Computer Software Computer Hardware Computer Based Services Information Technology IT Enabled Services Bio-Informatics
T-TBI MANAGEMENT TEAM BOARD OF GOVERNORS (BOG) OF T-TBI Chairman of BOG - N.Radhakrishnan Nair, CEO, Technopark 1. Mr.H.K.Mittal, Advisor, DST, Govt of India 2. Mr.C.S.Rajan- Dy.General Manager, SIDBI. 3. Mr.Krishnamoorthy, General Manager, KSIDC 4. Dr.K.R.Srivatsan,Director ,IIITMK, Technopark, Trivandrum 5. Mr.Muralee Gopalan , Executive Director, TiE, Kerala 6. Mr.Sanjay Vijayakumar, CEO, MobME Wireless Solutions (P) Ltd 7. Mr.Simon Zacharia, Director- Broadcast & Communication group,CDAC 8. Dr.Dinesh Awasthi, Director, EDII Ahmedabad 9. Mr.K.C.Chandrasekharan Nair, Secretary cum Registrar, T-TBI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF T-TBI

1. Mr.N.Radhakrishnan Nair, CEO, Technopark - Chairman 2. Mr.K.C.Chandrasekharan Nair, CFO, Technopark - Secretary cum Registrar 3. Mr.K.Ramachandran, DGM(Personnel & Admin),Technopark Treasurer 4. Mr.M.Vasudevan,Senior Manager(BD), Technopark Joint Secretary 5. Mr.R.C.Dutt, Expert Consultant & Advisor, Incubation Activities, Technopark-member 6. Mr.K.V.Rajendran, GM(Technical),Technopark - Member 7. Director, T-TBI - Member

T-TBI CORE TEAM Sl. Name No. Designation Educational Duties & Qualification Responsibility & Experience B.Tech, MBA General Administration Mcom,MBA MPhil General Administration Finance & Mentoring B.Tech,MBA Charge of Lab & Other competency centres Project Guidance & advice

N.Radhakrishnan Nair

Chairman ,T-TBI (CEO, Technopark)

K.C.Chandrasekharan Nair

Secretary cum Registrar,TTBI CFO,Technopark

K.V.Rajendran

GM, Technical Technopark

Ramesh.C. Dutt

Expert Consultant & Advisor Technical Officer Technical Officer

M. Engg. MBA

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Mary Thomas Sreejith.S

B.Tech, MBA Purchase& Finance B.Tech, MBA Marketing , Training & Development B.Tech, MBA Administration & License agreements

Surya Thankam.S

Technical Officer

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T-TBI ALLIED INITIATIVES Technopark Business Incubation Centre (TBIC) T-BIC started as an initiative of Technopark in 2002, supported by Government of Kerala, institutionalized for incubating Business Ventures, which are spinning out of the campus and companies from within and outside the country. TBIC is a proven model of Business Incubation that offers congenial environment for an enterprise to grow during their start up phase so as to generate successful global ventures. TBIC provides ready to move in, plug and play facilities for start up companies. Essential operational support services such as security, reception service, telephone operator service, photo copying etc. are offered by Technopark as part of the package. In addition, necessary business support services including business consulting, mentoring and advisory services, right from the stage of company formation, are also provided. This enables the entrepreneur to build up the enterprise at the required international standards. National Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (NCIIE) NCIIE is a learning platform for innovators and entrepreneurs in developing appropriate entrepreneurship models suited to the socio-economic and cultural environment of the state. NCIIE, being a part of the Technopark-Technology Business Incubator, has been conducting courses and seminars on Entrepreneurship Development for innovators, engineering and management students. NCIIE is also organizing various residential and non-residential Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) with the support from TEQUIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme) of the State Government and DST. NCIIE is a joint association between Indian Institute of Information technology and management-Kerala (IIITM-K) and Entrepreneurship Development institute of India (EDII) with the support of National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. NCIIE assists potential entrepreneurs to take up entrepreneurship in the area of Information and Computer Technology (ICT).

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Technopark Software Engineering Competency Centre (TSECC) TSECC is a software testing facility set up by Technopark jointly with Rational Software to provide high end software testing tool facility that is unaffordable for a business startup and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in their early stages. The uniqueness of this joint initiative is that easy access to Rational tools will be complemented by Rational certified professionals at TSECC who facilitate acquisition of new skills by the target audience. TSECC facilitates bridging the gap between theoretical learning and practical implementation of best practices of software development through Rationals software engineering tools. Rational India provides the entire library of rational tools, solution samples, product demos, white papers and other necessary collateral. TSECC holds rational Certified professionals who handhold and provide guidance to visitors coming to centre, and as such responsible for the operation of the centre ensuring customer satisfaction. TSECC target primarily at small and medium software development companies, the student and academic/research community, as well as new IT entrepreneurs in Kerala. The centre guides software development companies on how to build software engineering into the software development process. For a prospective entrepreneur, it serves as a first level information center on managing a successful venture in software development implementing cutting edge software engineering principles. TSECC uniquely enables industry, particularly freshly incubated units, to improve the quality of their offerings and reduce cost of software development. It also enables the creation of a ready pool of technical personnel familiar with the latest software engineering concepts and tools. Technoland After the successful development of prototypes, the innovators and entrepreneurs are given the opportunity to exhibit their products in the exhibition space called TECHNOLAND. This is useful for innovators and entrepreneurs in the marketing of their products as well as attracting potential investment. The large number of visitors and clients from different parts of the world coming to Technopark also visit the exhibition area. Students from Colleges and Schools come to Technopark regularly and get an opportunity to see the work of innovators in the exhibition area.

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Technopark TePP Outreach Centre (T-TUC) Technopark is one of the Outreach Centres of DSIR (T-TUC) for selection and evaluation of genuine Innovators and Entrepreneurs in the Country. DSIR has recognised Technopark as their Outreach Centre during 2007 In a short span of time more than a dozen Innovators were sanctioned sizable TePP funding through T-TUC. Our Incubatees in T-TBI like Torque, Light logics, also got sizable TePP funding .This seed funding helps these incubatees to kick start their product development and commercialization activities. Technopark-TUC has been providing relentless guidance and support to the innovators in preparing their project proposal and in building up a realistic business plan for their venture. T-TUC selects and evaluates genuine innovators and entrepreneurs and helps them in getting the financial assistance from DSIR, GoI for converting their innovative ideas into quality products and commercializing it. T-TBI Extension Centres Extension Centres of T-TBI are set up in the Engineering Colleges and B Schools across the state of Kerala. This is done with the active support of the management, faculty and students of the Engineering Colleges & Management Schools. The start up company becomes the Virtual Incubatee of Technopark-TBI and the EDC of the College will host the Extension Centre of T-TBI. The infrastructure and R & D facilities for this are offered by the college Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) and other support facilities shall be extended by the Technopark-TBI Virtual Incubation Another very innovative concept of incubation initiative practiced by Technopark TBI is the Virtual Incubation in which the start up company, whether it be a student venture or a start up entrepreneur who hires a space for the operation of his company outside T-TBI Extension Centres or T-TBI premises .Technopark TBI evaluates the business plan of the company for business & technology feasibility and selects the start up company as a Virtual Incubatee and provides total support and expert advise and networking oppurtunities needed to create enterprises
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Pre-Incubation Technopark TBI provides Pre-incubation facilities to premature entrepreneurs as well as students who wish to launch their Technology ventures through Technopark-TBI. Necessary training for the preparation of business plans, and designing of the innovative ideas are provided to them in the pre-incubation stage. The period of preincubation is maximum six months, after which, they shall be evaluated by the expert committee for getting admitted into the incubation space. Entrepreneurship Development Cells (EDC) Technopark TBI is acting as a Regional TBI and is avidly helping the Engineering colleges and B Schools in the state in setting up Entrepreneurship Development Cells in their campus. The regional TBI is acting as a catalyst to spread the message of Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship though out the region and thus setting up an entrepreneurial eco system in Kerala. Technopark TBI is networked with all the Engineering Colleges, Science & Technical Institutions and B-Schools in the state and helping them to form Entrepreneurship Development Cells (EDCs) in the colleges and helps them in transforming the EDCs into Technology Business Incubator later. The EDCs formed in the accredited Institutions will get funding support from DST which is channeled through Technopark TBI. PROGRAMMES & ACTIVITIES T-TBI has been very proactive in organizing Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EAC) Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP) and Faculty Development Programmes (FDP) in many parts of the state in association with State level Entrepreneurship Institutes like STED (Kerala State Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development), KIED (Kerala Institute of Entrepreneurship Development), TiE Kerala, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) etc.

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ISBA 2008: Celebrating the surge of Business Incubation nation-wide

The Second Annual Conference of Indian STEPs (Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Parks) and Business Incubators Association - the ISBA 2008 was conducted at Technopark from January 30th to February 1st, 2008. The events saw the convergence of a large number of distinguished personalities to Technopark, Trivandrum, from within the country as well as from outside, including delegates from the different arms of the World Bank. It has brought accolades to Technopark from many people around the country and also from agencies like the World Bank, infoDev and the Asian Association of Business Incubators. The event was aimed at emphasizing the need to promote business incubation, and thereby driving the economic growth of India to a higher plane. The theme of ISBA 2008 was Global leadership through innovation, incubation and Entrepreneurship. The 3-day conference formed part of ISBA 2008, incorporating various events of national importance in its agenda. Being one of the active Technology Business Incubators (TBI) in India, Technopark was chosen as the venue of this prestigious

international conference and was awarded the privilege of hosting the cluster of events. The conference was attended by about 250 participants from various TBIs in India, representatives of Infodev (World Bank division), Asian Association of Business Incubators, and most of the top officials of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.

The photograph at the close of ISBA 2008

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STEP TBI NAC Meeting The STEP TBI National Advisory Committee, functioning under the Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, held its meeting in Park Centre on 30 and 31st Jan, 2008. Most of the members of the NAC were present. The first day was for evaluating the new TBIs and the second day was for assessing the performance of existing TBIs. On the 2nd day, T-TBI presented its annual performance report and the Committee unanimously declared Technopark TBI as the best in the country.

85th TePP Screening Committee Meeting The 85th meeting of the TePP Screening Committee (TSC) was held in Park Centre on 6th February 2008. Many entrepreneurs presented their project proposals before the TSC, including three from Technopark TUC, namely Light Logic Holography, Sooryakiran Bioinformatics and Divx Medical Equipments, all three operating from the Technopark Technology Business Incubator. Technopark TUC Technology Angels meet TePP Technology Angels of Technopark TUC converged in Park Centre on February 7, 2008, for a discussion with the DSIR top team led by Dr. A.S. Rao, Advisor, DSIR on methods of evaluation of proposals. The officials of TePP, TIFAC (Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council), along with Prof. C. Amarnath, Chairman, TSC were present. The leading Experts in Trivandrum like Dr. V.K. Damodaran, former Chairman-STEC, Govt. of Kerala, Mr. N.T. Nair, Chairman IEEE India Council, Dr. Achuthsankar.S.Nair, Head, Bioinformatics Centre, University of Kerala, Professors from CET and SCTCE,
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scientists from VSSC, LPSC, RGCB, NIIST and CDAC were also present in the meeting. The event marked the get together of eminent experts in the country who discussed the various ways to supplement the entrepreneurship efforts of organizations like Technopark in the future.

ISBA Conference Exhibition showcases innovation and creativity The platform to showcase innovative ideas from incubatees and entrepreneurs from various parts of the country was provided by the conference Exhibition conducted in the Park Centre from January 30 to February 6. A steady stream of visitors from among the conference delegates and personnel from then many companies in the campus kept the ambience alive through all nine days of the exhibition. Incubatees from National Institute of Design had organized an exhibition of their products along with Incubatees from NIT Calicut and Technopark TBI like Gamut Technologies, Light Logics, Sooryakiran and Velozeta Engineering. We find that such platforms to display innovations and creativity among budding entrepreneurs can go a long way in ensuring the growth of business incubation in the country, said senior officials from the Dept. of Science & Technology, (DST) and the Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research, (DSIR), after viewing the exhibits.

Technopreneur 2008 @ Technopark Technopark TBI successfully launched a workshop series on Promoting Business & Technology Incubation and Building Global Enterprises on the eve of ISBA 2008 Conference. ISBA is the Indian STEPs (Science and Technology Entrepreneurs' Parks) and Business Incubation Association. The major objective of Technopreneur 2008 is to promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship in campuses of Academic Institutions and Rural Kerala and to exploit and convert the skills and expertise within the institutes to effectively create entrepreneurial ventures. The preconference workshops, jointly
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titled Technopreneur 2008, were held on January 30 and 31, 2008 with the theme Global Enterprises through Business Incubators. The second workshop on, Promoting Business and Technology Incubation was held on January 31.The program was attended by many professionals and faculty of engineering colleges in and outside the State, technical and management students, innovators, technical experts, research personnel from R&D centres and representatives from entrepreneurship institutes such as STED and KIED. Numbering nearly 120, they interacted with the experts thus making the opportunity to strengthen and share their ideas on the theme. Technopreneur 2008 @ Kozhikode The first follow up program of Technopreneur 2008 on Promoting Technology Business Incubation and Building Enterprises was conducted at Malabar Palace, Kozhikode on 10th March, 2008 with the NITC TBI, STED and VHSE. The program was supported by DST, DSIR, Govt. of India. The event emphasized the need to support genuine entrepreneurs and Innovators from Rural Kerala to transform their ideas into marketable products and to incubate them in the Technology Business Incubator and thereby drive the economic growth of the country to newer heights. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr A S Rao, Advisor, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), and Government of India. The workshop had sessions on Relevance of Business Incubation-Experience in establishing TBI in NIT Calicut, Establishing Business Incubators and Building Enterprises through Business Incubators, Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Areas and DSIR TePP funding. A total of 150 participants from the various engineering colleges in the districts of Kazaragod, Kannur, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Malappuram, entrepreneurship training faculties, innovators, entrepreneurs & facility managers in research and academic institutions from the five districts attended the day-long deliberations. The programme opened up a meeting place for successful entrepreneurs, business and technology experts, students, and faculties, innovators to know each other, to know the facilities offered by various Government departments and to get acquainted with
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the Experts. The Innovators had one-to-one meetings with DSIR / DST officials and other eminent personalities from which 16 project proposal was emerged and 9 projects were selected for final analysis and screening by Technology Angels of Technopark TUC. Unlike in most such technoentrepreneurial workshops where software-based projects hold sway, hardware-based and hardware-software fusion projects garnered the most attention at Technopreneur-2008 in Kozhikode. Technopark TBI at Technology Entrepreneurship Education Programme in Bangalore Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) is among the leading incubation business promoters from all across India to attend the 2 Day workshop on Technology Entrepreneurship Education- Theory and Practice, held at Intel India Development Centre, Bangalore on December 13 and 14, 2007 jointly organized by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and UC-Berkeley, USA, the program involved presentations, interfaces and discussions touching upon all aspects of the theory and practice of Entrepreneurship Education. Technopark TBI was represented at the 2-day program by Sri K.C. Chandrasekharan Nair, CFO & Programme Coordinator- New Initiatives. TechTop 2007 TechTop 2007, a unique contest to identify, promote reward and nurture the innovative ideas of engineering students across the country. The event, an initiative of Degree Controls Inc. of USA and supported by IEEE-Kerala Section, IBS, and Executive Knowledge Lines Magazine, TechTop 2007 was hosted and sponsored by Technopark and the event was formally inaugurated by Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS, Secretary-IT, Kerala. The All India Engineering Students project competition received project applications from 10 states namely Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarath, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu and West Bengal were received. The final round of Contest was held at Technopark, Trivandrum from 29th to 30th
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October 2007.18 projects are selected for the final contest to be held in October, 2007 and 5 projects were subject to modifications. The first prize of Rs. One Lakh sponsored by Degree Controls Inc. was won by Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode for their project "Automated Rationing for Public Distribution System". The Second Prize of Rs.25,000 sponsored by IBS Software Services Pvt. Ltd. was won by P.E.S College of Engineering, Nagsenvana, Aurangabad for their project Aqua Silencer The third prize of Rs.10,000 was won by Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally, Kottayam for their project "Intelligent Light Dimmer Systems for Automobiles". This prize was also sponsored by Degree Controls Inc.

TechQuiz 2007

An interschool science and Technology Quiz competition Tech Quiz 2007 was conducted in conjunction with the All India Exhibition Tech Top 2007 for the High School & Higher Secondary Students in Trivandrum. St Thomas Residential School, Mukkola, won the first prize comprising a trophy and Rs 4,000 in cash in the `TechQuiz' programme conducted as part of the TECHTOP 2007 hosted by the Technopark. Over 18 teams from 15 schools in the city participated in the event. The Christ Nagar School won the second prize, while Loyola School and the Carmel Girls High School clinched the third and fourth prizes. A workshop on technology incubation activities of Technopark was also held on the occasion. Mr R. C. Dutt, expert consultant on incubation activities, piloted the session for the benefit of budding Tech entrepreneurs from different States.

IT-ITES Industry Academic Meet

IT-ITES Industry Academic Meet was inaugurated by Sri. V.S. Achuthandan, Honble Chief Minister of Kerala, on September 13, 2007 in Travancore Hall, Technopark. The program was organized by the National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) to explore ways and means to strengthen the interaction and exchanges between the IT industry and the academic community, the
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one day meet was attended by the elite of the academia and doyens of the industry from various levels. Sri. Kiran Karnik,President-NASSCOM delivered the keynote address. Two sessions, one on Fundamentals and the other on NASSCOM Assessment Competency featured presentation from Dr. R. Narayanan (Advisor, GL&D, TCS),Sri. Srinivas Kasa (Satyam Computer Services), Dr. Sandhya Chitala (Director, Ed. Initiatives, NASSCOM), Dr. K.R. Srivathsan (Director-IIITMK), Dr. Achuthsankar. S. Nair (University of Kerala) and Smt. Nina Nair, VP-24/7 Customer.

Training-cum- Orientation program for TUC Coordinators and Counsellors

The TePP Outreach Centre of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, one of the countrys sterling institutions for technical education, with the support of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India, organized a 2-day Trainingcum- Orientation program for TePP Outreach Centre (TUC) Coordinators and Counselors from all over India, during July 30 and 31, 2007. Technopark CFO & Program Coordinator -New Initiatives, Sri. K.C.C. Nair and Smt. Gita Gopalakrishnan delegated Technopark TBI for the function. Sri. K.C.C. Nair and Smt. Gita Gopalakrishnan gave lucid presentations on the Technopark story with special emphasis on the entrepreneurial success models created in T-BIC with the active guidance of the CEO, Sri. N. Radhakrishnan Nair and Advisor Sri. R.C. Dutt. The event was an eye-opener for us on the tremendous possibilities inherent in the idea of TePP and the immense opportunities offered by DST and DSIR.

Technopark signed MoU with DSIR

With a view to give further thrust to TePP with a wider reach to the promising Technopreneurs, an agreement of Memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the DSIR, Govt. of India and Technopark, Trivandrum.
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As per the MoU, T-TUC (Technopark TePP Outreach Centre) would undertake all measures to give adequate publicity and carry out promotional activities for furtherance of the operation of TePP Scheme in Kerala. Dr. A.S. Rao, Advisor, DSIR signed the MoU on behalf of the Department, with Mr.K.C.C. Nair (CFO & Program Coordinator, New Initiatives) during the TePP Training-Cum-Orientation Program in Kanpur. Graduated Incubatees as on March 2003 The following members have graduated from the Incubator 1. Acco Bizware Pvt Ltd 2. Adion Road Links Pvt Ltd 3. Auto India.com 4. Bigpond Technologies India Pvt Ltd 5. Cepios 6. Cell Technologies Pvt Ltd 7. Digitera 8. Digitella 9. Dundas Software 10. eZe Care Systems Pvt Ltd 11. Geotrans Technologies Pvt Ltd 12. Hages B Solutions Pvt Ltd 13. I-Manager Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd 14. Integrated Dynamic Solutions Pvt Ltd 15. Itraitz IT Solutions Pvt Ltd 16. Kerala Next.com 17. Kreara Solutions Pvt Ltd 18. MDI Datanet India Pvt Ltd 19. Morning Paper Web Service Pvt Ltd 20. Optibiz Software Technologies Pvt Ltd 21. Optiwise Solutions Pvt Ltd 22. Paragon Biomedical India Pvt Ltd 23. Pivot Systems Pvt Ltd
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24. RNC BPOI 25. RWDI Consulting Engineers & Scientists India Pvt Ltd 26. Saturn Systemwares Pvt Ltd 27. Spazio Tech 28. Speridian Technologies Pvt Ltd 29. SRC Software Pvt Limited 30. Synthite Technologies 31. Travancore Software Solutions Pvt Ltd 32. Vinirma Consultancy 33. Wins Infotek Pvt Ltd 34. YSC Engineering Services Pvt Ltd Incubatees in Operation at the close of the year 1. Advanced Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd (AMTECH) 2. AR Software Solutions Pvt Ltd 3. Aten India Software Solutions Pvt Ltd 4. Cardinal Automated Business Solution Pvt Ltd 5. Commrad Technology Pvt Ltd 6. Divx Medical & Software Technologies P Lt 7. EastEnd Health Care Solutions Pvt Ltd 8. E-biz Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd 9. Excel Students Tutoring Pvt. Ltd 10. Grid Design Solutions Pvt Ltd 11. Gridzone Software Solutions Pvt Ltd 12. Light Logics Holography & Optics Pvt. Ltd. 13. Leeds Technologies Pvt Ltd 14. MobME Wireless Solutions Pvt Ltd ( Torque 360 Degrees Solutions ) 15. Velozeta Engineering Solutions P Ltd 16. Mecampus Cyber Security & Technology Pvt Ld 17. Navicare Solutions Pvt Ltd 18. Novellsys Technologies Pvt Ltd 19. Prapty Data Solutions Pvt Ltd 20. Slashome Technologies Pvt Ltd
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21. Sooryakiran Bio Informatics Pvt Ltd 22. Standout IT Solutions Pvt Ltd 23. Sandblue Technologies Pvt Ltd

Details of Grant-in-aid Received from Government

Head of account Capital

Year of grant allotted 2007-08

Amount of Grant-in-aid (Rs.in Lakhs) 100

Amount utilized 2.47

Year of Utilisation 2007-08

Recurring

2007-08

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13.21

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Internal Auditors

Sridhar & Co Thomas Mathew & Co SBI Technopark Branch

Statutory Auditors : Bankers :

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