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Support for startups in Disruptive Sectors
Inorder to support startups in the disruptive sectors Government of Kerala has introduced mainly 4 orders as detailed below and also had hosted the flagship event of Unity in Kerala named Unite India 2019.
Department of Planning Economic Affairs, Government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala with an objective to promote disruptive innovation through Emerging Technologies in Government Departments has issued an order to setup a Program Management Unit (PMU). The PMU is established through the Kerala Development Innovation and Strategic Council.
One of the key mandates of KDISC is making Kerala’s economy future ready and future proof through the accelerated adoption of emerging Technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality(VR) and Augmented Reality(AR) etc into the Government's functioning. This initiative is aimed at providing effective solutions to various government departments to overcome in an efficient process and to achieve better outcomes.  This is also in line with the Government's objective of creating a more conducive environment for entrepreneurs and startups in the state especially for those working on emerging futuristic Technologies. Government support has been deemed necessary for startups to overcome obstacles in early adoption of their Technology focused products and Solutions given the high uncertainty associated with creation and market failures.
Government order for Setting Up PMU
The PMU is now successfully setup and has been outsourced to Kerala Startup Mission for the operations of the PMU. 
Order issued to Kerala Startup Mission from KDISC
for setting up the PMU on emerging technologies
Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology
To steer Kerala into a leadership role in the emerging knowledge economy, Government of Kerala has promulgated an ordinance upgrading IIITM-K as “Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology”. The University was set up by Government of Kerala vide Ordinance No. 9 of 2020 dated 18 January 2020 and started functioning from the new campus of IIITM-K in Technocity.
The new University will strive to be an international benchmark in conducting cutting edge research and nurturing budding minds in the center for promoting and implementing modern technological interventions in disruptive technologies. The University is aiming to create capacity building in post-graduate and doctoral level in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, Internet of Things, Electronic Systems and Automation, Imaging Technologies, Data Analytics and Big Data, Cyber Security, Blockchain, Ecological Informatics, Geospatial Analytics etc. State-of-the-art labs with professional training programmes, consultancy and implementation solutions to support the Government for the betterment of the society.
Focusing on knowledge creation, dissemination and application, Digital University would play a significant role in an effective transformation and growth of the society at large. The five schools of the University- School of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Electronics Systems and Automation, School of Informatics, School of Digital Sciences and School of Digital Humanities- will focus on development of high quality talent, research on issues of larger interest and to develop and implement solutions to hasten the pace of digital transformation.
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Super Fablab
The Government of Kerala has successfully established the Super Fab Lab in association withCenter for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston USA. The Super Fablab facility includes testing, design and fabrication equipment and materials that cover length scales spanning from microns to meters in fabrication size. Machines in this lab will allow startups to work with accurate high-speed machines and use a variety of available tools for cutting, plotting, creasing, scoring, milling, drawing, etc. This lab also permits our startups to come out with their final prototypes using metal, fabrics, papers, polymer films, composites, corrugated cardboard etc.
The lab was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala in Jan 20, 2021.

The Super Fab Labs concept, the only one outside the U.S., is the brainchild of Dr Neil Gershenfeld, presently the Director of MIT Centre for Bits and Atoms, who set up the first Fab Lab in the U.S. about 17 years ago, KSUM said.
Dr Gershenfeld was in the city for nearly a week to personally supervise the setting up of the Super Fab Lab. Fab Labs are fabrication laboratories offering digital fabrication and computation
Rely on Computer aided design with the additive and subtractive manufacturing the super Fab lab values researches innovators and developers to do things beyond the purview of the state's existing Fab labs Dr Gershenfeld that this super Fab lab is a pioneering ventures by Kerala and would let people produce what they consume the state-of-the-art facility enabled the state to produce machine locally for access throughout Kerala it can be for business education almost anything it is an exciting initiated and the whole world is watching water happening here so that they can follow on your footsteps the super Fab lab which is poised to give India infrastructure and you sleep by allowing researches innovators and developers to do things beyond the purview of the state 16 caplets will function in collaboration with MIT.
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Kerala Blockchain Academy
Kerala Blockchain Academy (KBA), is an initiative of the Government of Kerala under the Indian Institute of Information and Technology and Management – Kerala, for offering blockchain training in multiple domains that help professionals march towards their goal. Power-packed with young technology enthusiasts and research scholars KBA missions to embrace game-changing technology and bring qualitative changes to the world.
KBA runs an Accelerated Blockchain Competency Development (ABCD) which is a technology training programme facilitated by Govt. of Kerala, which will be of high industry relevance in the coming years. By enrolling in this program, students will be able to achieve multiple levels of certification that will help them apply for different job roles in many Technology and Business Organisations (such as Information Technology, Banking, Financial Services, Retail, etc) that use such technologies. 
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