Field Visit to Gram Panchayats near Bhubaneswar

As part of DPIC’s ongoing work with the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, Government of Odisha, the DPIC team, along with Mr. Pritham Raja, Researcher at MIT, visited Gram Panchayats near Bhubaneswar. The team interacted with Gram Panchayat representatives and local stakeholders to better understand local planning, decision-making processes, and community priorities on the ground. Insights from the visit will inform DPIC’s efforts to design human-centric data science and AI tools that help Gram Panchayats capture community voices and translate them into actionable planning and governance.