MG DEVELOPER PROGRAM & GRANT

About the program

The MG Developer Program & Grant is developed to create an innovation platform of choice, for developers and innovators, that will encourage them to build new applications and experiences never imagined before in a car.

The program is brought together by MG Motor in partnership with technology leaders Cognizant, Adobe, SAP, Unlimit, Airtel, TomTom and TiE . It is open to external developers (students, innovators, inventors, start-ups and other tech companies) as well as internal teams of intrapreneurs at MG Motor and partner companies.

The program seeks solutions by verticals to make the entire automotive ecosystem better by developing new applications.

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Electric Vehicles and components - Solutions that would make electric vehicles better, new concept vehicles and more
Batteries and management - Solutions to develop and improve batteries and their management. eWaste recycling and management, enhancing the life of batteries, new materials.
Charging Infrastructure - Solutions for effective and efficient infrastructure for India
Navigation technologies - Technologies to improve maps, route planning, maps, sensors and vehicle tracking
Customer Experiences - Applications and solutions for entertainment, information, gaming and comfort. Rewards and loyalty programs. Insurance management. Productivity features. Advertising and promotion opportunities using on board technology and in car payment solutions.

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Connected Mobility - Developments in telematics, diagnostics, V2V and V2X, Safety management, entertainment & productivity related applications and connectivity under low signal conditions.
Car Buying Experiences - Experiential sales enhancement solutions, lead management, vehicle finance (fintech) solutions, dealership experiences.
Autonomous vehicles - Concepts. AI Tech. Sensors and control. Communication, tracking and monitoring.
Voice Activation and Recognition - Voice based commands. Indian languages and multilingual capabilities, e.g. Hinglish. Accent recognition. Voice activated automated services.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Enhance data utilisation using AI and ML to improve drive behaviour, vehicle dynamics, safety and security and automating tasks.

Why participate in the Program

The program offers a unique opportunity for innovators and developers to work directly with MG Motor and its technology partners to bring solution to market quickly. The consortium behind the program shall provide

Specialized, high level mentoring, relevant to practical development of the solution
Learning and relevant content for solution and business development
Business plan and modelling
Provide testing/ lab facility where possible
Network with other participants within the program to drive synergy
Access to other startup and developer program of consortium members, opening a large opportunity
Recognition with PR opportunity for winning startups
Access to a grant. Ranging from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 25 lakhs on a case to case basis*. (Award of grant would be at the sole discretion of program jury, based on their evaluation, on a case to case basis.*Terms and conditions applicable.)

Methodology of the program

Submit application online
Shortlisted startups would be assigned a mentor to develop their ideas
Present the idea on Demo Day (Dates and venue to be announced) to Jury
Jury selects winners for grant and recognition
Shortlisted companies and winners may also get opportunity to test/ develop their solutions with one of the member companies. This would be decided and enabled by the assigned mentor

Important Dates

Program Launch

Sept 25

Last date of submission

Nov 2

Mentoring Phase

Nov 2 – Dec 15

Jury and Governing Board

Gaurav Gupta

Jury Chair, MG Motor

Prakash Balasubramanian

Global Head-Interactive, Cognizant

Sundi Raman

Head of Product, Airtel Business

Vyshak Venugopalan

Principal Solution Consultant, Adobe

Narendra Saini

Head of Product, Unlimit

Mohammad Anzy S

Vice President, SAP Labs India

Werner van Huyssteen

General Manager – Pune, TomTom

Manish Patel

Chief Information Officer, MG Motor

Alok Agrawal

Founding Partner, The Growth Labs

Meet our mentors

CONSORTIUM PARTNERS

Winners

About Innvolution Healthcare

Founded in Dec 2010, Innvolution Healthcare is a medical equipment manufacturer dedicated to providing the most up-to-date and best-in-class products to advance healthcare solutions, improve the quality of life and healthier lives. Their Project Shwaas (A full ICU ventilator) has been developed in close partnership with IIT Bombay (Betic). The ventilator is in advanced stages of development.

About Voxomos

Founded by IIT graduates, and advised by IIM/Wharton alumni, Voxomos is leading a revolution towards the next generation user-experience and modified businesses in a smart world. Its goal is to transform consumer experience and businesses through intelligent solutions based on modern machine learning and signal processing techniques. A "Smart" world solution is one which is more human friendly, environment friendly and makes innovative use of technology.

About Driftly electric

Driftly provides a one-stop solution for EV charging services in India. Its mobile app and APIs help Electric Vehicle users reserve and transact with nearby charging stations via their phones or vehicle dashboards. One of the interesting things about Driftly is that it also enables EV users to host their home chargers on the network for peer-to-peer sharing. This allows to have 10x more density than other services. Currently users have to navigate multiple apps to charge at home and different public stations. Founded by alumni of IIT Kharagpur, Driftly brings all kinds of EV charging services under one platform, so that EV users can find a charging station wherever they are and can always #GetFarther.

About Clear Quote

ClearQuote app simplifies vehicle inspections by automatically identifying and assessing damages on the exterior of a car based on smartphone images using computer vision. Repair shops, insurers, shared/rental fleets and fleet management companies use ClearQuote to make their inspection process more efficient & accurate. ClearQuote is being built by a team of passionate automotive and software engineers with extensive experience in developing technology for the automotive industry. For more details, visit - https://clearquote.io

About Meeseeks

Meeseeks is a team of energetic engineers from Cognizant, passionate about creating next-gen products with the latest technology. We love cars and coding, and are always looking to create products that address the automotive customers’ problems and enhance their experience, while ensuring ROI.

About CamCom

CamCom is an award winning enterprise defect/damage assessment platform built on a computer vision stack. The platform is used by all players in the automotive ecosystem; manufacturers, dealers/service centres, insurance companies, fleet owners, car rentals and used cars dealerships. Deployed using a mobile phone, tablet or bespoke rigs, CamCom has become the partner of choice for major automotive players in India, Middle East and S.E Asia. In the post COVID world where physical distancing is the norm, CamCom offers a contact less and objective solution that future proofs enterprises. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bangalore, CamCom has a strong team of thinkers and technocrats who focus on the company’s strong values of Innovation, Agility and Resilience. For more details, visit - www.camcom.ai

About Socialcore

Socialcore is a cloud based security/cctv video powered real time analytics and recommendation engine aimed at industrial and retail settings. The team consists of Jaideep Patankar, who leads the sales for the company, handles retail offerings, Sandeep Sukhtankar who tackles with the day to day operations, Om Misra who handles core technology, Rohit Harish and Gaurav Mishra who are automotive industry professionals with close to 20 years of automotive industry experience within them. For more details, visit - www.socialcore.in

About Highway Delite

Highway delite is digitally connected highway wayside amenities platform for connected mobility of the future. We are building V2X platform for connected vehicles to discover, transact, and exchange information and services digitally with highway POIs. 

The platform enables commuters to have real time location based verified highway services, where customers can pre- order for food, fuel, toll, and avail break down assistance and more. We have covered more than 60,000 KMs of highways pan India and have more than 1 lakh verified data points and plans to cover all NHs of 1.3 lakh KMs by this year end and empower more than 1 million highway businesses to offer their services digitally for the connected commuters.

About InCabEx

InCabEx is a group of technologists and automotive enthusiasts from Cognizant, experienced in building solutions for various industries, including automotive, manufacturing, retail and insurance. Our mission is to solve everyday problems and make a difference to the world by creating solutions for the future.