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Ideas that Impact Millions
The Governance Challenge (TGC) is India’s first governance focused competition for 30 premier business and public policy schools in India.
About
The Governance
Challenge
Solve. Pitch. Transform.
TGC is India’s first governance-focused case competition, offering students from leading business and public policy schools the opportunity to present their solutions to the Chief Minister of the host state. Every year, TGC focuses on a case study based on a governance domain in a selected state.
The TGC 2026 is being organized by Samagra in partnership with the Government of Maharashtra, focusing on the theme of 'Making Maharashtra an Innovation Hub'.
Why Should You Apply to The Governance Challenge?
Interaction with Industry Leaders
The winning team will have the opportunity to engage with a prominent global academician and top-tier impact investors in India.
Exposure to Impact Sector
A chance to gain exposure in the impact sector and learn how change mechanisms unfold on the ground.
Win Cash Prizes Worth 9 Lakhs
Top 3 teams will get cash prizes worth INR 9 lakhs: Winner (5 lakhs), 1st runner ups (3 lakhs) and 2nd runner ups (1 lakhs).
Eligibility Criteria
Present Your
Ideas to State Leadership
The 6 finalist teams will get an opportunity to present their ideas directly to the Chief Minister with a chance to convert ideas to reality.
Pre Placement
Interviews with Samagra
The winning team will have the opportunity to engage with a prominent global academician and top-tier impact investors in India.
Interact with India's
Governance leaders
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Interact with India's Governance Leaders
Top 30 teams that enter the Nationals will get the exclusive opportunity to interact with the leaders in India’s governance landscape.
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Open to students enrolled in flagship programmes at select institutes
Cross-Specialization teams are allowed to participate
Students of select institutes can only apply in teams of three
Any deviation from the guidelines will result in immediate disqualification
Cross-Year teams are allowed to participate
Competition Structure
01
Campus Round
3 min executive pitch video and supporting concept note
02
National Round
Presentations to a panel of IAS officers & industry leaders
03
Summit Round
Pitch to the Hon’ble Chief Minister and senior IAS officers
Know More About TGC
Testimonials
Ayushi Gupta
MU School of Business, Winners, TGC'24
The two days immersion visits were extremely insightful and an unexpected learning experience. Visiting schools, farms, ration shops was a very unique experience.
Shri Alok Kumar
Secretary, Planning, GoUP
Most of the solutions participants came up with were very well researched and grounded which provided important cues to us for implementation.
Kamal Kyal
IIM C, 1st Runners Up, TGC'24
The nuances we get when we implement something at the ground level in the governance sector is what I learnt from TGC.
Testimonials
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