Open Data
Open Data and Land Ownership
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified May 22, 2019 11:32 AMIn this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of politically aware interventions when creating open data standards, infrastructure, and ecosystems. State of Open Data, edited by Tim Davies, Stephen B. Walker, Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini, is published by African Minds and International Development Research Centre, Canada.
Talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
Mar 04, 2019 from 04:30 PM to 06:00 PM — Centre for Internet and Society, No. 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560071 (near to Domlur Club and TERI complex), — by AdminThe Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.
An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income
— by Admin — last modified May 23, 2018 02:37 PMMeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 28, 2019 02:41 PMLack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are exploring the early steps for making open data and tools to plan for water resources accessible to all. To celebrate the World Water Day 2018, we are sharing what we have been working on in the past few months - a paper on open data for water studies in India, and a web app to make open water data easily explorable and usable. Craig Dsouza led this collaboration, and authored this post.
Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment Scan
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Feb 12, 2018 10:37 AMThe State of Open Data is an ambitious research project reflecting on 10 years of action on open data and providing a critical review of the current state of the open data movement across a range of issues and thematic areas. This environment scan represents the first step in gathering information to support a review of the state of open data with regard to land ownership, and in refining the focus of a chapter. The lead author for this chapter is Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
Steps towards Integrated Open Water Data
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Nov 02, 2017 09:58 AMMultiplicity of data collection agencies, formats, and disclosure practices and conditionalities make it very difficult to access interoperable and open data about water resources and systems in India. Barriers to accessing water data impede not only academic and applied research on related topics but also public consumption of information and critical decision making. DataMeet and CIS are proud to collaborate on identifying and addressing the challenges to open up and integrate data and information in the water sector. Supported by a generous grant from Arghyam, we are undertaking an initial study of open water data resources in India and taking first steps towards developing a Free and Open Source data portal for water resources information in India. Here is an initial note about the project. The key leaders and contributors of this project are Craig Dsouza, Namita Bhatawdekar, Riddhi Munde, and Jinda Sandbhor, all of whom are members of the Pune Chapter of DataMeet.
Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Sep 05, 2017 10:57 AMOpen Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that promotes transparency, accountability and value creation by making government data available to all. Public bodies produce and commission huge quantities of data and information. By making their datasets available, public institutions become more transparent and accountable to citizens. By encouraging the use, reuse and free distribution of datasets, governments promote business creation and innovative, citizen-centric services. Praja is organising a symposium on "open data and civil society" on Friday, Sep 8, which is supported by European Union and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit. Sumandro Chattapadhyay (Research Director) will take part in this event as a speaker in the session on "data centric approach and role of stakeholders in the urban governance ecosystem."
SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt Data
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified May 04, 2017 12:19 PMAlthough it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of public sharing of government data using open standards and open license as put forward by the NMP 2005 and NDSAP 2012, says Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society. This interview was published by Geospatial World on May 02, 2017.
CBGA - Consultation on Opening Up Access to Budget Data in India (Delhi, January 27)
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 27, 2017 05:45 AMOpen Budgets India, a comprehensive and user-friendly open data portal to provide free, easy, and timely access to relevant data on budgets, has been developed by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) in collaboration with a number of other organisations. CBGA is organising a Consultation on “Opening Up the Access to Budget Data in India” on Friday, January 27, 2017, to launch the beta version of the portal. Sumandro Chattapadhyay will be a speaker in the panel discussion that will follow the launch.
OpenData Week in Madrid - OD4D Summit, Open Data Charter Meetings, and IODC16
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 16, 2016 03:11 AMSumandro Chattopadhyay took part in three open data events in Madrid in the first week of October 2016.
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