Mammooty's pat for entrepreneurship policy

Oct 02, 2012 |

Kochi

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In an endorsement of the state government’s proposed student entrepreneurship policy, actor Mammootty has asked his legion of fans to back the campaign online and make it a grand reality.

In his latest post on Facebook, Mammootty wrote: “If Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook were campus startups, I share the vision of Kris (Gopalakrishnan) that our youth in colleges will also build a global company one day.

Thus, I support the student movement ‘30 days to Freedom’ to spread awareness on student entrepreneurship policy….”

The policy, announced by chief minister Oommen Chandy at the recent Emerging Kerala global investor meet, provides for 20 per cent attendance and 4 per cent grace marks to students engaged in entrepreneurship during their study.

Chandy made the announcement on September 14, the concluding day of the three-day event. The next day, students of the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, led by Sharan Thampi, head of its Entrepreneurship Cell, started the online Facebook page with a countdown to ensure that the CM keeps his word and delivers results in 30 days.

In his message, Mammootty said, “This (policy) is one of the best things that has happened to the youth in Kerala ever!”

Mammootty appealed to his fans to support the campaign online at www.facebook.com/30daystofreedom.

The page has had over 3,000 likes so far, and the campaign has gathered momentum with entrepreneurship cells formed in over 83 colleges in the last 14 days.

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