MP government keen to set up incubation facility on Startup Village model

KOCHI: Close on the heels of Andhra Pradesh adopting the Startup Village-model, the Madhya Pradesh government has initiated discussions with the Startup Village here to set up a similar incubation facility in their state.

A high-level delegation led by M Selvendran, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation ( MPSEDC) Ltd, held talks with Startup Village Chief Executive Officer Pranav Kumar Suresh and its management team here in this regard on Thursday.

"We are very impressed by Startup Village's functioning and are exploring possibility of setting up a similar facility in Madhya Pradesh.

"We plan to seek support from the management and the technical team of Startup Village to devise a strategy to build a similar incubator in Madhya Pradesh," Selvendran said after the visit, a press release said.

The other members of the delegation were LK Tiwari, Additional Chief General Manager, MPSEDC; Kamal Jain, Deputy Director, Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of Information Technology and Pankaj Sethi, Director, ThirdVue Consulting.