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About Maker Village

Maker Village is the largest electronic hardware incubator and ESDM facility in the country, which is a pioneering startup initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India with Indian Institute of Information Technology, Trivandrum as the implementation agency and Kerala Startup Mission as the supporting partner. 

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Incubation

A 60000 sq ft facility has been developed at the Technology Innovation Zone, KINFRA Hitech Park, Kochi for the Electronics Incubator.

Incubation

Derive

During the ideation stage, where the team has a potential innovative idea, Maker Village provides co-working space, development kits and limited access to equipment and allied facilities for them to develop a Proof of Concept. We help them refine the idea to ensure that there is a business case to it.

Incubation

Design

Companies start product design and prototyping envisioning a market viable product. Maker Village provides the startups with electronics design automation tools and mechanical design tools, as well as marketing and prototyping facilities. Financial assistance is also provided through grants, loans to promising teams.

Incubation

Develop

During this stage, the engineering design and development is undertaken by the startups to build a fully functional product after taking into account the modalities of Industrial design and DFM. Maker Village provides all the necessary support through mentoring by subject matter experts and, various labs, equipment and technologies. 

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Electronics Workbench
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Equipment and Software
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Maker Village Incubation Space
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PCB Assembly line
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Office Infrastructure

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Visit " by Hon’ble Minister of State, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar "

Visit " by Hon’ble Minister of State, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar " ... View more

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TMA-MakerVillage Startups award

  Thrissur Management Association partnering with Maker Village to organize the TMA-Maker Vi... View more

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Maker Village gets national recognition

Maker Village has been selected for the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS). Under which an amoun... View more

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MV incubated startup helps Kerala Police enforce lockdown

Maker incubated startup AI aerial dynamics UAV’s helps Kerala police enforce lockdown. ... View more

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Maker village startups receive TIDE2.0 grant

Five startups from maker village win an investment grant of Rs 35 lk from union ministry of electron... View more

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Swadeshi Microprocessor challenge

HW design labs a startup incubated at the maker village gets selected to the list of 30 finalists fo... View more

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US Consul General in Chennai Visit

The US Consul General in Chennai, Robert G Burgess has expressed interest in providing mentorship an... View more

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South Korean Delegates' Visit

A two member South Korean delegate panel has visited Maker Village, impressed by its progress and en... View more

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Design Kerala Summit

#DesignKerala Summit exhibited numerous crisis mitigation products to help and hold disaster managem... View more

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EyeRov Tuna Launch

India's first indigenously developed underwater drone, EyeRov Tuna, developed by EyeRov Technolo... View more

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HardTech Kochi

Lockheed has invited start-ups and market ideas to the US under the flagship annual scheme, ... View more

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IESA offers mentorship

Impressed by the progres that the maker village has made, the Indian Electronics and Semiconductor A... View more

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Doctech - Doctors in conversation with Techies

DocTech, organised by MakerVillage, was an interactive session of a team of Doctors with entrep... View more

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Techday- Simulation driven Innovation by Altair

Altair India, an American software firm is likely to collaborate with MakerVillage to boost start-up... View more

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AI Enabled Transformational Changes Event

A day long session on AI Enabled Transformational Changes had been conducted in Kochi to study ... View more

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Blockathon for Change

Blockathon for Change, a two day innovative workshop, was hosted by Maker Villlage, Kalamassery... View more

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Start Up Charcha - Muralee Thummarakudy

Start-up charcha was organized by Maker Village to understand the ill effects of non usage of techno... View more