The document summarizes community engagements with India's Open Government Data platform from 2012 to 2014. It discusses how over 100 government departments published over 12,000 datasets which were downloaded over 8 lakh times. It also details outreach activities including hackathons, workshops, and collaborations with government agencies, civil society, academia, industry, and international partners. The engagements aimed to increase awareness and use of open data, facilitate data contribution and identify new datasets, and foster innovation through app development and visualizations.

1. Community Engagements with
Open Government Data (OGD) Platform
2012 ~ 2014……..

2. NDSAP & OGD Platform: As on Date
• 103 Data Controllers nominated (96 Central, 7 State)
• 12,323 datasets published by 83 departments
• 337 Visualizations and 7 APIs published
• 8.14 lakh times datasets downloaded
• 2.04 million times viewed
• 300+ Users availed API keys & 2000+ API requests
• Many Engagement Sessions held for Stakeholders

3. Engagements and Collaborations
• Government Organizations
• Community & Civil Society
• Academia & Research
• Industry & Start-ups
• International Cooperation

4. Government Organizations
• 96 Data Controllers Nominated
• 300 Data Contributors
• 70 NIC Coordinators for Central Depts.
• 7 Regional NIC Coordinators for States
• Data Controller Workshops (central & state)
• One-to-One Engagement Sessions
• Communications on Suggestions > 100 Likes
• Regular News Letters on updates

5. Objectives of Engaging with
Government Organizations
• Awareness on NDSAP & potentiality of Open
Data
• Motivating to contribute datasets in open format
• Facilitate in identifying, cleaning and contributing
datasets
• Facilitate in prioritizing release of datasets as per
citizens’ suggestions

6. Community & Civil Society
• Hackathon with Planning Commission
• Open data meets
• Open data boot camps
• Data Journalist meet-ups
• Dialogue series on Open Data
– NIUA

7. Objectives of Community & Civil
Society Engagements
• Potential usage of published datasets
• Idea exchange and Knowledge sharing
• App development avenues around datasets on
OGD Platform
• Creating a eco-system for open data
• Bringing OGD closer to citizen’s daily routine &
requirement

8. Hackathon
6th & 7th April 2013

11. 12th Plan Hackathon
• Organized in collaboration with Planning
Commission & National Innovation Council
• Create Visualizations, Short Movies or
Applications in 7 Sectors:
– Macro-economic Framework
– Agriculture & Rural Development
– Health
– Water & Environment
– Energy
– Education & Skill Development
– Urban Development

12. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
AMU
Delhi University
IIIT Hyd
IISc Bangalore
IIT Delhi
IIT Kanpur
IIT Kharagpur
IIT Madras
Online Participation
TISS mumbai
Jammu University
Agriculture & RD Edu. & Skills Dev. Energy
Health Macroeconomic F/W Urban Dev.
Water and Env. Others

14. Academia and Research
• In Pursuit of an “Idea” – Delhi Univ.
– Student Summer Project (team – Idea Person, Mentor, Student developers)
• IIIT, Banguluru
• Indian Institute of Public Administration
• JNU, Delhi
• Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
• Administrative Staff College of India
• ICEGOV – 2013, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for global
Sustainability (SciDataCon2014)
– Open Government Data and Smart Cities
• 36th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE – 2014)
– Workshop Programming on the Web with Open Data for Societal Applications

15. Objectives of Engaging with
Academia & Research
• Driving Innovation
• Knowledge sharing
• Interacting with peers
• Making Open Data Initiative more visible

16. In Pursuit of an ‘Idea’
May-July 2013

18. In Pursuit of an ‘Idea’
May-July 2013
• Stakeholder:
– Institute of Informatics & Communications,
University of Delhi & NIC & Mentors from Data
Enthusiasts
• Phase I: Generation of New Ideas
• Phase II: Shape shortlisted ideas into
apps/visualizations/info-graphics

19. In Pursuit of an ‘Idea’
Creative Collaboration on Open Government Data
University of Delhi
May 24, 2013

22. Industry
• Associated with NASSCOM
– #OpenDataApps Challenge (Adobe, Microsoft,
Wipro etc.)
• Microsoft
– Code for Honor 2014
• IBM Research

23. Objectives of Industry Engagements
• Creating awareness & understanding on Open Data
• Bring all stakeholders on single platform of Open Data
• Facilitating discussions/ information exchange among the
key stakeholders for effective usage Open Data
• Compilation of innovative ideas, apps and related datasets
• Understand challenges likely to be faced by various
stakeholders in driving the growth of Open Data
• Identify domains where Open Data will have maximum
impact on citizens, civil society, business and govt.

24. # Open Data Challenge
August 8, 2013

25. #Open Data Challenge
August 8, 2013
• NIC in association with NASSCOM to
encourage data driven innovation
• Creating apps across platforms & devices
• Winners’ prize 100,000 INR
• Runners-ups prize 50,000 INR

26. #OpenDataApps Challenge Launch,
August 8, 2013

27. Open DataApps Challenge Prize Felicitation,
Feb 18, 2014

28. Open DataApps Challenge Prize Felicitation,

29. #OpenDataAppsChallenge
Participation

30. Code of Honor – Awards 2014

31. Code of Honor – Awards 2014
• Microsoft in association with NIC awarded Indian
companies less than 8 years old and less than 200
employees for solution excellence.
• Award-winning company received
-Opportunity to access potential investors to
showcase the Solution
-Initial connection to potential customers
-Prize money Rs. 200,000
• Winner: Appface Technologies Pvt Ltd for Mandi
Trades App

32. Code for Honor 2014

33. CMA Hackathon
December 14-15, 2013

34. CMA Hackathon
(December 14-15, 2013)
• Tamil Nadu's Commissionerate of Municipal
Administration (CMA) & NIC came together to encourage
technology geeks to develop apps on urban governance.
• Sectors of Focus
- Water, Waste Water & Solid Waste Management
- Urban Poor
- Streetlights & Roadways
- Health & Sanitation
- Civic Services

35. CMA HACKATHON,

36. International Cooperation
• Collaborated with USA (data.gov) for
developing OGPL
• World Bank for IOGDC & this conference
• Ghana to setup their Data.gov.gh
• Rwanda to setup their Data.gov.rw

37. Global Open Data Index

38. Global Open Data Index
• India has been ranked 10 in terms of openness when it comes to Open
Government Data
• Initiative of Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) launched in 2012.
• Global Open Data Index tracks state of Open Data around the world
• Parameters considered include:
– Transport Timetable
– Government Budget
– Government Spending
– Election Result
– Company Register
– National Map
– National Statistics
– Legislation
– Postcodes & Pincodes
– Emission of Pollutants

40. Workshop Conducted for Data Controllers
Convention Hall, GO Complex, New Delhi
October 5, 2012

43. Workshop on Open Government Data & Civic Engagement
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
April 4, 2013

47. Workshop on NDSAP & Open Government Platform at Shimla
June 21, 2013

49. Statistics Community launch
June 29, 2013

50. Data Portal India wins
eIndia Public Choice Award,
July 23, 2013

51. Open Data Apps Challenge:
Developer Community Engagement

52. Open Data meet with NASSCOM at ADOBE

53. Open Data meet with NASSCOM at Microsoft,

54. Open Data meet with NASSCOM at IIIT,

55. Open Data Meet
with NASSCOM at Wipro,
July 31, 2013

56. Open Data Camp Hyderabad

57. ICSE 2014, 36th International Conference on Software Engineering Hyderabad

58. Delhi Data Boot Camp, Gurgaon

59. Open Data Camp, New Delhi

60. NIUA Dialogue Series V - Open Data for Effective Planning

61. The Journey Continues
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