Anoop Ambika assumes charge as CEO of Kerala Startup Mission

Anoop Ambika assumes charge as CEO of Kerala Startup Mission
Trivandrum / July 11, 2022

Thiruvananthapuram, July11: Shri Anoop Ambika today assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), the state government’s nodal agency for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities.

Shri Anoop brings with him over 26 years of industry experience with proficiency in international sales & marketing, policy making, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Life Sciences, ideation and entrepreneurship.   

The State Government has appointed Shri Anoop in the position for a period of three years.

Speaking on the new assignment, Shri Anoop said his immediate objective will be to further strengthen the state’s robust startup ecosystem based on the vision and accomplishments of eminent thought leaders, who have conceptualised KSUM, and incrementally innovate in the areas, which have a direct impact on the society.

“Our focus on coming days will be in areas like food, drinking water, affordable healthcare, circular and creator economy, besides carrying on the KSUM’s excellent work in enterprise software,” he said.

Prior to being appointed as CEO of KSUM, Shri Anoop was the CEO of biotech firm Genpro Research. He had earlier worked as CEO in clinical data management company Kreara Solutions for more than 12 years. 

Hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, Shri Anoop is an engineering graduate and has his postgraduation in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from University of Kerala.

Starting out as a Design Engineer in Bengaluru-based General Electric, Shri Anoop later joined Lucent Technologies in Boston, US. Then he had short stints in US firms Nortel Networks as Project Leader and Telica Inc as Project Manager. 

A serial entrepreneur and technology enthusiast, Shri Anoop has co-founded several technology startups. He alsorepresents Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission (KKEM) in Kerala State Planning Board.An art enthusiast and cultural organizer, Shri Anoop had served as the Patron of Natana, the arts and cultural forum of IT companies in Kerala.

 

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