Kerala is all set to become a knowledge-based society for which the government will put in place all infrastructure and policy framework, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, while inaugurating the first-ever global digital summit, #Future, here on Thursday.

“We have a wide range of highly qualified and skilled human resources and the world class physical and digital infrastructure that can attract the emerging knowledge companies in Kerala. Through #Future, we hope to connect and collaborate so as to enable a digital lifestyle for all in the State”, he said.

#Future is the first ever completely digitised event in the State that has used mobile-based services for registration, entry and communication.

M-Kerala app

The Chief Minister also launched M-Kerala, a unified app for all government services. Kerala is the state with the largest public Wi-Fi deployment in the country. The State government has already set up 1,000 hotspots for Wi-Fi in Kerala and plans to ramp this up by 1,000 every year, he said.

It is significant that such an event is being held at a time when the world is on the threshold of a massive change impacting entire spectrum of activities. The aim of #Future is to think about the future of Kerala and India and the summit is the first step in that direction, said SD Shibulal, Chairman of Kerala’s High Power Committee on IT (HPIC). VK Mathews, HPIC member and convener of #Future noted that amid all the disruptions taking place globally, the scenario also offered a lot of opportunities and challenges.

Keeping in mind the massive changes taking place, Kerala Electronics and IT Secretary M Sivasankar said that the State has identified some vital areas such as cognitive science, enabling financial services with block chain technology, data analysis, cyber security, electronic vehicle regime and leveraging space technology.

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