The Union Commerce and industry minister will launch the mentorship, advisory, assistance, resilience and growth (MAARG) platform on 16th January 2023 in New Delhi.
What is MAARG PLATFORM?
- It is the National Mentorship Platform by Start-up India to help and guide new start-ups to grow and flourish.
- It is a one-stop platform to facilitate mentorship for start-ups across diverse sectors, functions, stages, geographies, and backgrounds.
- Nodal Ministry — Launched by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
What are the objectives?
- To provide sector-focused guidance, handholding, and support to start-ups throughout their lifecycle.
- To establish a formalised and structured platform that facilitates intelligent matchmaking between the mentors and their respective mentees.
- To facilitate efficient and expert mentorship for start-ups and build an outcome-oriented mechanism that allows timely tracking of mentor-mentee engagements.
Implementation of MAARG Initiative –
- Phase I — Mentor Onboarding
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- Successfully launched and executed, 400+ expert mentors are on board across sectors.
- Phase II — Startup Onboarding
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- DPIIT launched the onboarding of startups on the MAARG Portal with effect from 14th November 2022
- Phase III — MAARG Portal Launch and Mentor Matchmaking
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- Final launch where the mentors will be matched to the startups DPIIT has initiated the onboarding process of startups under Phase II.
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