Unique Data Initiatives by the Government

Data Dialogues Session 3

Unique Data Initiatives by the Government

ABSTRACT:

Why should a citizen submit an RTI application to the government for information? Why would a citizen submit a welfare benefit application? Why should the government continually ask citizens for information? The goal is to develop a data governance paradigm where a beneficiary receives everything meant for him Suo Moto without his intervention and with his consent. We contend that someone who has already submitted a document to a state department shouldn’t be required to do it repeatedly for other schemes. The utilisation of big data and databases that connect to and communicate with other department-specific databases holds the key to the answer. The flow of information between them is used to proactively incorporate the benefits for the eligible individuals while being securely, safely, and permanently logged in.

This presentation will provide details on the distinctive data initiatives undertaken by the government and their effects on the populace. Huge amounts of data are produced by numerous applications at various stages as everything, even in government offices, becomes digitalized. The proper implementation of data sharing mechanisms and data privacy in government programmes are being discussed in this session.

28th April 2023

@ 4:00 pm

Meeting link: https://bit.ly/3N0Q8oI

Speaker

Dr. Shreevyas H M

Project Director, Centre for e-Governance, Dept of Public Administrative Reforms (e-Governance)

He is passionate about implementing the digital initiatives in the state of Karnataka. He currently leads several projects like DigiLocker, National Academic Depository (NAD), e-Sahamathi, Mahiti Kanaja, KODI and Infonomics. He played a vital role in the formulation of Karnataka open data policy. He is the Member Secretary of the Data Governance working group at Government of Karnataka. He has been a panel member and delivered expert talks in several conferences across the country. He is the recipient of “Digital India Award 2022”, It is awarded in recognition of exceptional contribution of the highest order in the field of e-Governance given by the honourable president of India.

He has worked for the Government of Karnataka, as well as in the fields of Corporate, Teaching, and Research, for about 17 years. His work on Machine Learning and Blockchain has been conducted at the Centre for AI and Robotics, a government of India facility run by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. Several of his papers on Machine Learning, Information and Communication Technology in Education, and Digital Initiatives in Government have been published. Google has recognized him as an expert in the field and appointed him to lead the company's Machine Learning Crash course in India.