Start-up Village innovator to share stage with Facebook's Zuckerberg

23-year-old Rohildev N, founder and CEO of robotics startup RHLVision Technologies Private Ltd, will be the youngest speaker at the World Mobile Congress

An innovator-cum-entrepreneur at the Kochi-based mobile-internet technology incubator will have the honour of being the youngest speaker at the World Mobile Congress, to be held at Barcelona in Spain from February 24-27.

Rohildev N, 23-year-old founder and CEO of robotics startup RHLVision Technologies Private Ltd, will share the stage with the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and IBM's CEO Virginia Rometty.

"I hope the invitation to address the world-class event is also in recognition of the tremendous interest that the wearable gesture device 'Fin' could generate in the global startup scenario," said Rohildev.

Fin is a tiny hardware product that one can wear on the thumb as a ring, which makes the whole palm as a gesture interface. It can uniquely recognise each segments of the fingers and can convert the palm into a numeric keypad.

The bluetooth-enabled device can be connected to smartphones, smart TVs, automobiles and home automation devices. With FIN, one can make gestures to interact with machines and get things done, says his web interface.

"When Rohil first came to the startup village, he was just another student with no fancy degree or great marks, but with the spark of a dream in his eyes," said Startup Village chairman Sanjay Vijayakumar.

"The upcoming congress, where he will be the youngest speaker, has underlined the fact that provided the right ecosystem, our young entrepreneurs who are motivated and determined, can be among the best in the world,"he said.

RHLVision had also launched a campaign to take 'Fin' into the market on the crowd funding platform Indiegogo with the target of raising $ 100,000 over 45 days. The team has already raised around $ 61,047.

RHL was one of the top 15 companies at the TechCrunch CES Hardware Battlefield in Las Vegas and the only Indian startup to be selected for the Pioneers Festival in Austria. It was also the second runner-up at the Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge 2013.