29 October 2021
Flowers TV Brand Award 2021
I received the Flowers TV Brand Award 2021 from Mr Sreekandan Nair, Managing Director of Flowers TV and 24 News, along with my wife and business partner Afifa Salim Baker.
Overview
Everything, in one place.
An index of the whole profile: the ventures and the major services each one runs, alongside the recognitions, conferences, community and the Foundation.
Across the profile
Timeline
The journey, moment by moment, from 1991 to now.
VenturesThe ventures I build and run, across AI, ecosystems, education, capital and real estate.
FoundationThe non-profit work behind the mission to make Kerala a Silicon Valley.
RecognitionsAwards and recognition received over the years.
ConferencesConclaves, conferences and presentations in India and the Gulf.
CommunityA community of over 100,000 and the programmes that built it.
PressCoverage in the media, and conversations with news channels and podcasts.
ContactGet in touch through the Founder Office.
100+ Global Capability Centres in Kerala, building for the world.
99
Total centres
47
Operational
52
Under construction
14
Districts
KallaraTrivandrum · 60 seats
KadakkavoorTrivandrum · 30 seats
KollayilTrivandrum · 30 seats
BalaramapuramTrivandrum · 28 seats
ChemmaruthyTrivandrum · 24 seats
PanavoorTrivandrum · 24 seats
PeringammalaTrivandrum · 24 seats
VamanapuramTrivandrum · 24 seats
BeemapallyTrivandrum · 24 seats
KadakkalKollam · 44 seats
EzhukoneKollam · 36 seats
ElampalloorKollam · 30 seatsTen Techies Parks, built inside campuses.
A technology and entrepreneurship space inside the campus itself, on at least 1,200 square feet. Students incubate startups, take their own ideas to market, and meet the deep tech industry without leaving campus.
Amal College of Advanced Studies (Autonomous)
Nilambur, Malappuram
Christ College of Engineering (Autonomous)
Irinjalakuda, Thrissur
Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous)
Kalamassery, Ernakulam
WMO English Academy
Muttil, Wayanad
NAHER Arts & Science College
Kanhirode, Kannur
Jamia Nadwiyya
Edavanna, Malappuram
NA Model Campus
Naimarmoola, Kasaragod
KVUP School
Pangode, Kallara, Trivandrum
Lekshmi Vilasom High School
Pothencode, Trivandrum
International Tribal Residential School
Attappadi, Palakkad
Three Inventor Parks, built inside schools.
A deep tech laboratory in a school, where students work with robotics, IoT, space science, AI, drones, 3D printing, renewable energy, biotechnology and AR/VR. The aim is that a child meets the equipment years before a syllabus would introduce it.
Lekshmi Vilasom High School
Pothencode, Trivandrum
NNM HSS
Chelambra, Malappuram
MMUPS
Peroor, Trivandrum
1000+ community programmes, 100,000+ people connected.
InaugurationJan 19, 2026
Village Park Inauguration Ceremony
ExaminationJan 18, 2026
Ajinorah Science Olympiad Scholarship Examination
WorkshopJan 18, 2026
Learn with AI Workshop
ProgrammeJan 17, 2026
JoyLab Students Program
SessionJan 16, 2026
Mirror Her – Doubt Clearing Session
WorkshopJan 16, 2026
RoboSphere – Robotics Workshop
On stage, in India and the Gulf.
22DubaiMay 20, 2025
Future of Learning, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Summit
A summit run with Khaleej Times, on where learning, technology and enterprise are going.
10ChennaiOct 3, 2024
Talrop - The Times of India Thought Leaders Meet in Chennai
The Chennai edition of the Thought Leaders Meet, with The Times of India.
7BengaluruOct 8, 2024
Talrop - The Times of India Thought Leaders Meet in Bengaluru
The Bengaluru edition of the Thought Leaders Meet, with The Times of India.
10HyderabadOct 10, 2024
Talrop - The Times of India Thought Leaders Meet in Hyderabad
The Hyderabad edition of the Thought Leaders Meet, with The Times of India.
20Tamil NaduNov 5, 2024
Talrop - The Times of India Technovate for India Student Conclave in Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu edition of Technovate for India, with The Times of India.
17PuducherryNov 7, 2024
Talrop - The Times of India Technovate for India Student Conclave in Puducherry
The Puducherry edition of Technovate for India, with The Times of India.
Awards and moments worth marking.
3 April 2022
Media One Best Startup Ecosystem Developer Award
I received the Media One Best Startup Ecosystem Developer Award from Honourable Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, along with my co-founders.
12 April 2022
Best Regional Language Edtech Platform Award, from 24 News
Steyp won the Best Regional Language Edtech Platform Award from 24 News. Steyp's co-founders Sobir Najumudeen and Afifa Salim Baker received it from Honourable Shri. K N Balagopal, Minister of Finance, Kerala.
24 May 2022
Memento at the Edu Expo, Malappuram
I received a memento from Honourable Shri. M P Abdussamad Samadani, MP, at the Edu Expo organised by Suprabhaatham Daily at Malappuram.
25 May 2022
Memento at the KPSMA State Meet
I received a memento from Honourable Shri. V Sivankutty, Minister for Education, at the KPSMA State Meet.
28 May 2022
Memento at Madhyamam Edu Cafe 2022
Madhyamam's Edu Cafe 2022, an education and career festival. I received a memento at the presentation ceremony.
The ventures and what they do
I build ventures across different sectors. Each one, and the major services it runs in its own.
An IT and AI services company. It moves a business onto one connected system, puts AI agents into working roles department by department, and coordinates them from a single intelligence layer.
DigitalizationAgentic automationAutonomous AI
Builds, operates and transfers self-sustaining socio-economic ecosystems for governments, universities, corporates, individuals and non-profit organisations.
Village ParkAI CompanyAI ParkTechies ParkInventor ParkSkill ParkHealthcare MallChild Development CentreCreator HQ
Robotics, AI and startup programmes for schools, colleges and universities, delivered end to end.
RoboticsArtificial intelligenceStartup training
A venture partner that actually builds, co-building companies with founders, enterprises and ecosystems, and staying until they stand up.
Venture BuildingVenture GrowthVenture EcosystemVenture TransactionsVenture Advisory
Ready-built Global Capability Centres in the towns and villages of Kerala. 99 across 14 districts.
Built delivery floorsStaffing & recruitmentCompliance managementNetwork access
An integrated investment platform for future-focused sectors, incorporated at RAK ICC in the UAE.
IdentifyConnectEvaluateStructureFacilitateExecute
The master real estate aggregator, an AI-driven network of nine platforms across India and the GCC.
PlotivoThe Broker AcademyUnveilFinaraAcreGridMileGridBidaraYieldaUniGlob HQ
A few moments along the way.
- 199124 April 1991Born
1 May 2010Joined Zsenda Concepts as an unpaid intern
1 June 2010Bought my first bicycle
22 December 2018My first scooter, a Yamaha RayZR
4 April 2019My first car, a Maruti Suzuki S-Cross
7 February 2025My dream car, a 2025 BMW X7 M Sport
I’m on a mission to make Kerala a Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley was orchards before it was Silicon Valley. What turned it was groundwork, and groundwork follows a formula: infrastructure, then talent, then innovation, in that order.
The ground
Infrastructure
Places to build, close enough to walk to. A region cannot produce founders if the nearest room with a plug and a mentor is a district away.
The people
Talent
Technical ability found early and taught in the language the student already thinks in, not filtered by who could afford to move to a metro at eighteen.
The output
Innovation
Ventures started here and kept here, so that the value they create compounds locally instead of leaving with the founder.