Senior Data Scientist’s Lecture at the India Summer Fellows Programme
Senior Data Scientist’s Lecture at the India Summer Fellows Programme As part of DPIC’s academic engagement, Yashaswi Mohanty, Senior Data Scientist, DPIC, delivered a lecture at the India Summer Fellows Programme hosted by Ahmedabad University. The programme brought together a distinguished cohort of students, including UChicago Climate Fellows, to engage with the theme Climate Change […]
Field Visit to Gram Panchayats near Bhubaneswar
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, […]
Hosting Faculty Director, Professor Sanjog Misra
Hosting Faculty Director, Professor Sanjog Misra DPIC was pleased to host Professor Sanjog Misra, Faculty Director, DPIC, in Bhubaneswar. During his visit, Professor Misra met with senior officials from the Government of Odisha and engaged with the DPIC team on emerging opportunities in artificial intelligence, large language models, and data-driven decision-making. The discussions encouraged thoughtful […]
Meeting with General Administration & Public Grievance Department
Meeting with General Administration & Public Grievance Department The DPIC team held a productive meeting with Shri Suresh Kumar Vashishth, IAS, Special Secretary, General Administration & Public Grievance Department, Government of Odisha, along with senior officials from the Centre for Modernizing Government Initiative, the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell, and the GA&PG Department. The discussion focused […]
State-Level Consultative Workshop on Administrative Data for Governance
State-Level Consultative Workshop on Administrative Data for Governance DPIC team participated in an internal consultative workshop on Using Administrative Data for Governance: Harmonising Departmental Data at State Level, organised by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics and the Planning & Convergence Department, Government of Odisha. The workshop brought together senior officials from thirteen-line departments to […]
Consultative Workshop on Using Administrative Data for Governance
Consultative Workshop on Using Administrative Data for Governance The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, convened a consultative workshop on Using Administrative Data for Governance: Linking Departmental Data at the State/UT Level at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The workshop brought together policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to discuss how administrative data can strengthen […]
DPIC at the India AI Impact Summit 2026
DPIC at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 DPIC participated in the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at the Government of Odisha Pavilion in New Delhi, engaging with policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders at the forefront of artificial intelligence and public innovation. At the summit, the team showcased its work on Administrative Big Data and […]
Presentation to the Committee on Administrative and Governance Reforms
Presentation to the Committee on Administrative and Governance Reforms DPIC presented to the Committee on Administrative and Governance Reforms (CAGR), chaired by Shri Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, IAS (Retd.), with members Shri O.P. Agrawal, IAS (Retd.) and Shri T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, IAS (Retd.), which has been tasked to recommend measures to strengthen simplification, transparency, accountability, and […]
Meeting with Skill Development and Technical Education Department
Meeting with Skill Development and Technical Education Department The DPIC team met with Shri Bhupendra Singh Poonia, IAS, Principal Secretary, Skill Development & Technical Education Department, Government of Odisha, along with senior officials from the Higher Education and SD&TE Departments. The discussion focused on policy-relevant insights emerging from the integrated skilling database curated by DPIC […]
Data Officers’ Capacity Building Workshop
Data Officers’ Capacity Building Workshop DPIC hosted a Data Officers’ Capacity Building Workshop in Bhubaneswar, bringing together officers from across line departments to strengthen how administrative data is managed, analysed, and used for policy decisions. Designed as a hands-on engagement, the workshop focused on building lasting data capacity within government systems and making evidence-based decision-making […]