Kochi, Feb. 22 -- Kerala is a great place to live and work and whose inherent strengths like skilled labour force, technology infrastructure, and constructive government policies make it a great place to invest, said V.K. Mathews, Founder & Executive Chairman of IBS Software, at the Invest Kerala Global Summit on Saturday.

Delivering the keynote speech at a session titled "State of the IT Industry," Mathews, who is also a Member of the Kerala Chief Minister's High Power IT Committee, said that the state has a great chance to capitalize on emerging technologies and offers investors an attractive option.

Backed by a flurry of data, he pointed out that Kerala has grown 13-fold in the last two decades while maintaining its achievements in lit...