Christine Garcia

“Ujjwala is a unique experiment where decision-makers, sitting in Delhi, used science to come up with a pan-India solution to address the conflicting objectives of both market and access for remote corners of the country. ‘For the first time, a planning exercise that would typically take two years and suffered…

“The PNG delegation has met with Indian data intelligence company ‘SocialCops’ to understand how the firm addresses a country’s critical problems through data intelligence from across the globe.” – Loop PNG Earlier this week, a delegation from Papua New Guinea came to New Delhi on a fact-finding mission. While they…

We’re excited to have been profiled in Business Standard, along with two other Indian startups heading with us to Google Launchpad Accelerator in 2018. Check out the article on news stands! “SocialCops has built a data intelligence platform that functions in three layers — a data layer, technology layer and…

“[D]ata and technology can be used to chart a more scientific (and measurable) approach to development. The dashboard we are working on here in PNG will help highlight where development activities businesses are engaging in and where. This will support partnerships with other businesses, government departments and all development partners.”…

“As students, when we started SocialCops, business plan competitions played an important role in bringing us in front of mentors who could help with networks and connections. Winning such competitions as Eureka! also gave us the much-needed credibility to be taken seriously right out of college.” – Prukalpa Sankar in…

Is centralized data intelligence-based planning crucial for #sustainable development? https://t.co/unIPbXG5y0 @Social_Cops @prukalpa — GEOSPATIAL WORLD (@geoworldmedia) August 31, 2017 “Decision making at both national and international level is becoming data-driven. Data – spatial data to be specific is critical to solving a lot of national problems and data intelligence can,…

“Our challenge was to encourage local and national businesses in PNG [Papua New Guinea] to amplify and coordinate their individual efforts to join the global movement supporting the SDGs just like the other 9,400 companies in 160 countries that had already done.” A recent Impakter essay uses Papua New Guinea’s efforts as…

Why a clutch of young tech ventures are keen on projects for the government https://t.co/lV664FAXQw @aphota @lucideustech @Social_Cops — ETtech (@ETtech) June 15, 2017 We’re excited that our work with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was featured in an Economic Times article about startups working with the government to…

“Data intelligence, which is the essence of this startup, lets SocialCops’ partners use their platform to gain insights from the world’s most difficult data and make complex decisions feel effortless.” – Analytics India Magazine We’re excited to be featured in Analytics India Magazine, which spoke to our co-founder Prukalpa about how SocialCops is making…

“SocialCops announces the launch of the Data for Impact Fellowship – a program that aims to bring together enterprising future leaders and experienced government decision-makers in solving some of India’s most critical problems through the power of data.” – The Telegraph India We’re excited to have our new Data For Impact Fellowship…

“Join us on this episode of Startup Wednesday as we discuss India’s glaring data gaps, unstructured data reports and the difference big data can make.” – NDTV Our co-founder, Prukalpa, was recently featured on NDTV’s Startup Wednesday! Check out the full video here to learn more about how big data…

  We’re excited to be included in the Economic Times’ Do Big Stories, a series of videos about the best digital innovations being powered by Indian companies. Check out the video and article to learn about the biggest bottleneck in data-driven decision making in the developing world, how our platform is being…

“The problem [Prime Minister] Modi has is scale and limited resources. Prukalpa Sankar, co-founder of New Delhi startup SocialCops, believes the solution lies in open data. By using public data to create a realistic picture of social problems, Sankar says resources can be allocated more quickly and effectively.” – The…

Here’s how @SocialCop’s Prukalpa Sankar is making a difference with data. Read: https://t.co/lUJi7qCImg #KyooriusDesignyatra2016 @Kyoorius — Brand Equity (@ETBrandEquity) September 30, 2016 In September 2016, Prukalpa took some time away from the office to speak at Kyoorius’ Designyatra in Jaipur. While she was there, Brand Equity, an initiative of the…

“Design for social impact is not a new idea. But in India, where design is still being absorbed by mainstream industry, let alone by non-profits, SocialCops is a pioneer.” – Livemint We’re excited to be featured in Live Mint’s article about the “aha” moment, the innovator’s moment of epiphany that…

“It is all too easy to get caught up in the buzz around big data; yet data means nothing if it does not lead to insights and better decisions. That is why we at SocialCops have found that data intelligence is so important — it shifts the conversation from what…

“Data-driven governance is being touted globally as a new approach to governance, one where data is used to drive policy decisions, set goals, measure performance, and increase government transparency.” – Livemint We’re excited to be featured in Livemint’s article about how data-driven governance can help drive better policy decisions, set…