To continue building a global ecosystem for local startups, Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) has signed an agreement with the Indian State Government of Chhattisgarh (SGC) to promote entrepreneurship.
Ashran Dato’ Ghazi, chief executive officer of MaGIC, a government created centre based in Cyberjaya, said that this latest memorandum of understanding (MoU) follows a string of other international collaborations including Startup Chile, Stanford university, Techstars and 500 Startups.
Ashran gave some more details of the SGC MoU, which is a yearlong agreement with SGC Department of Electronics and Information Technology, and the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Raya Naipur.
He said that the important points of the agreement are: first, SGC is to become the strategic partner in MaGIC’s two key initiatives including Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility programme, Creativity & Innovation Labs; second, SGC to become the strategic partner in the Global Entrepreneurship Community (GECommunity) 2017; third, MaGIC, together with SGC, to develop Chhattisgarh’s entrepreneurship community; fourth, MaGIC and SGC to collaborate and establish a Chhattisgarh Information Technology Innovation Lab in IIIT Raya Naipur to drive advancements in the information technology and electronics sectors; and fifth, MaGIC to provide support in programs that will build the skills and capabilities of Chhattisgarh entrepreneurs.
Ashran exclaimed that he is really excited to announce this partnership with the State Government of Chhattisgarh. Ashran further added that it’s great to have the opportunity to collaborate with the future entrepreneurs of India – already one of the fastest growing and third largest entrepreneurship ecosystems in the world.
By Baishakhi Dutta
