{"id":362,"date":"2026-01-20T17:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/wptest\/2026\/01\/20\/magic-indian-state-government-of-chhattisgarh-collaborates-to-promote-innovative-entrepreneurship-development\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:05:23","slug":"magic-indian-state-government-of-chhattisgarh-collaborates-to-promote-innovative-entrepreneurship-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/2026\/01\/20\/magic-indian-state-government-of-chhattisgarh-collaborates-to-promote-innovative-entrepreneurship-development\/","title":{"rendered":"MaGIC, Indian State Government of Chhattisgarh Collaborates to Promote Innovative Entrepreneurship Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cyberjaya, April 18 &#8211; Malaysian Global Innovation &amp; Creativity Centre (MaGIC) and the Indian State Government of Chhattisgarh (SGC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote innovative entrepreneurship development in one of India\u2019s youngest and fastest-developing states. The MOU also reinforces MaGIC\u2019s commitment to support value innovation and connect key players in the global entrepreneurship ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The MOU signifies MaGIC\u2019s commitment to developing the global entrepreneurship ecosystem and driving entrepreneurship development at home and overseas. Aside from its partnership with SGC, MaGIC has previously collaborated with other global players such as Startup Chile, Stanford University, Techstars and 500 Startups to run a series of initiatives that support and nurture entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey.<\/p>\n<p>The year-long MOU \u2013 signed between MaGIC, SGC Department of Electronics and Information Technology, and the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Raya Naipur \u2013 captures four key points of agreements: first, SGC to become the strategic partner in MaGIC\u2019s two key initiatives including Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility program, Creativity &amp; Innovation Labs; second, SGC to become the strategic partner in the Global Entrepreneurship Community (GECommunity) 2017; third, MaGIC, together with SGC, to develop Chhattisgarh\u2019s 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 programmes that will build the skills and capabilities of Chhattisgarh entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>Ashran Dato\u2019 Ghazi, Chief Executive Officer of MaGIC, said: \u201cI am really excited to announce this partnership with the State Government of Chhattisgarh. It is great to have the opportunity to collaborate with the future entrepreneurs of India \u2013 already one of the fastest growing and third largest entrepreneurship ecosystems in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with SGC, MaGIC is working to develop Chhattisgarh\u2019s entrepreneurship ecosystem and build the capabilities of the state\u2019s future entrepreneurs. I hope our partnership with SGC will be a sign for things to come \u2013 forging more cross-border collaboration in innovation and connecting Malaysia with the key emerging players in the global ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyberjaya, April 18 &#8211; Malaysian Global Innovation &amp; Creativity Centre (MaGIC) and the Indian State Government of Chhattisgarh (SGC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote innovative entrepreneurship development in one of India\u2019s youngest and fastest-developing states. The MOU also reinforces MaGIC\u2019s commitment to support value innovation and connect key players in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5692,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/5692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}