Airbus BizLab team visits Techopark

: A team from Airbus BizLab today visited Technopark, the technology park here, to 'learn' and understand the existing ecosystem and for possible collaboration, specifically in the Space Sector.

The delegation was led by Bruno Gutierres, Global Head, Airbus Bizlab and India Head Siddharth Balachandran.

The team was welcomed by IT Secretary M Sivasankar and Kerala IT Parks CEO Hrishikesh Nair.

Sivasankar presented to the delegation the state government's strategy on Space Tech Verticals.

M C Dathan, Advisor to the state government and former Director VSSC, Santhosh Kurup CEO of ICT academy and Dr Saji Gopinath, CEO Kerala Startup Mission, also gave a presentation on the various opportunities in the space sector and for startups in Kerala.

The delegation also interacted with startups from Maker Village and visited the Fab Labs, where they were taken through demonstrations of various equipment in the lab.

Technopark CEO Hrishikesh Nair said the discussions were 'fruitful' and the Airbus team has shown immense interest and assured to work closely with Technopark towards seeing a possible association in the future.