new delhi nov 16 mg motor india the arm of uks morris garages announced a programme today to partner with technology startups through the programme the company is looking to bring in additional synergies to its automotive business in coming years especially in telematics and manufacturing mg motor india said in a statement the company has joined hands with tie delhi a nonprofit association that mentors startup founders to launch the mg drives innovation programme it added mg motor india president and managing director rajeev chaba said as part of mgs commitment to build a culture of constant innovation we are open to exploring various opportunities for collaborating with any technology startup that brings additional synergies to our business india is home to a number of entrepreneurs and innovative minds who choose to go the startup route including the mobility space he added three partnership models have been identified depending on the stage of development of startups for which selected firms will be invited to join the programme the company said the three models include developer programme for companies at concept or minimal viable product stage accelerator programme for those firms whose products and solutions or any aspects of business need refinement and who can benefit from deepengaged mentoring by domain experts the third model partner programme is meant for companies which have readyformarket products mg motor india will help integrate their solutions into its business or assist in taking the same to market the statement said the british automotive marque mg recently inaugurated its first manufacturing facility at halol in gujarat it plans to launch its first product in 2019 in india rkl ard