A centre that helps founders turn ideas into running enterprises through space, mentoring, and seed-fund links.
Kandhamal has 12,950 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹46,681, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 91% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kandhamal, which ranks 25 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 55.2%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.8, it sits close to the national mark.