Kerala’s Minister for IT, Startup and Industries Shri PK Kunhalikutty, who has played a key leadership role in the development and expansion of Kerala’s IT sector, today May 20, 2026 visited Technopark, India’s first IT park, billed as the largest and greenest.
The visit comes shortly after his return as Minister for IT, Startup and Industries for the Government of Kerala. During the visit, he met with CEOs of IT parks and top officials from leading government IT institutions to better understand the current state of the state’s IT ecosystem.
Shri Seeram Sambasiva Rao IAS, Special Secretary, Department of Electronics & IT, Govt. of Kerala, and Shri Sandip Kumar IAS, CEO of Technopark, welcomed the Minister during his maiden visit to the Park.
During the interaction, Shri Seeram Sambasiva gave the Minister a detailed presentation on ‘Kerala Tech Sector: Context and Goals’. In his presentation, Shri Seeram Sambasiva outlined the goals and challenges in the IT sector and highlighted pipeline projects, future proposals, startups, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Shri Kunhalikutty also sought suggestions and proposals from officials of the IT Parks and premier IT/ITes government institutions during the interaction.
The officials who participated in the meeting included Shri Susanth Kurunthil, CEO of Infopark Kochi and Cyberpark Kozhikode; Shri Anoop Ambika, CEO, Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM); Dr Saji Gopinath, Vice Chancellor, Digital University Kerala (DUK); Dr Santhosh Babu IAS (Retd.), MD, KSITIL and K-FON; Dr Alex P James, Director, IIITM-K and Professor- in-Charge, Maker Village; Dr Sunil TT, Director of ICFOSS and C-DIT; and Smt Gayathri K, Chief Finance Officer, KSPACE. Lead IT Strategists of the Government of Kerala, Dr Anoopa Narayanan, Sreenath Njaneswar, Akshay Kannan, and Prakash Matthew, were also present.
