Kerala to host Singularity U chapter

Innovation platform expected to fuel inclusive growth across the country

Kerala is set to host a chapter of Singularity University (Singularity U), a community learning and innovation platform that leverages exponential technologies to tackle contemporary challenges.

The national chapter of the Silicon Valley-based institution, which offers a range of educational programmes to help companies, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and policy makers better understand and apply disruptive new technologies, will be housed at the Kerala Startup Mission’s (KSUM) Meet Up Café in Technopark.

Local issues

The chapter will serve as a meeting place for academics, start-ups, corporate and government entities and tech-enthusiasts to engage with each other and discuss how exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, digital health, big data, cyber security, crowd-sourcing, digital finance, and the Internet of Things can be used to address local problems and issues.

The chapter will also organise high-profile conferences and host labs that incubate and accelerate corporate innovation and social impact projects.

“It’s not about a single technology, domain, or industry, but an amalgamation of them. That is what is required if we are to solve the most pressing issues of our time and those in the future,” said Binu Koshy, CEO of start-up 10xDS and the Ambassador for SingularityU Trivandrum.

“Associating with Singularity University will provide an impetus to technological development in Kerala. it will also fuel inclusive growth across the country”, KSUM CEO Saji Gopinath said.