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Gaurav Singh
At the end of the day, you must come up with an an optimal solution that meets all your functional requirements while being cost-effective. If you decide to collect data using an interactive app on a smartphone, you’ll have to consider a variety of factors that will have budgetary, technological…
Data Intelligence for Digital Governance – An Interview with Joint Secretary, Ashutosh Jindal (IAS)
Joint Secretary for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, Ashutosh Jindal (IAS) reflects on the changing landscapes of digital governance in India and its impact on his day-to-day decisions as a bureaucrat. He talks about the role of data and technology in driving the Pradhan Mantri…
Launching Our First Course: Planning for Data Collection!
We’re super excited to announce the launch of the first online course from the SocialCops Academy — Planning for Data Collection. Master the basic concepts, tools and tips you need to create a stellar data collection plan for your organization in this online course. Learn how mobile-based data collection can…
Data Intelligence for Scheme Implementation: An Interview with Dharmendra Pradhan
Hon’ble Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan shares his thoughts around how the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) harnesses the power of data intelligence for efficient planning, tracking and monitoring throughout the nation. Watch the full interview in the video above or…
Using Data Intelligence to Track Progress Towards the UN SDGs
SocialCops was invited to speak at the #BusinessCoalition4SDGs Conference held in Papua New Guinea where we presented our work around tracking India’s progress towards achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) with the help of data intelligence. “The forum heard about an innovative web platform developed by a leading Indian…
How Big Data Can Influence Decisions That Actually Matter | TEDx Gateway
Some of the biggest decisions in the world use little data, while some don’t use data at all. In December 2016, our co-founder Prukalpa Sankar took the stage at TedX Gateway, Asia’s largest TedX conference, to talk about the importance of data and technology in improving healthcare, crime, governance, urban…
SocialCops’ First Data Visualization Meetup
Data visualization and visual analytics is one of the fastest growing disciplines in today’s increasingly data-driven world. With use cases spread across diverse domains — healthcare, policy, sports, governance, journalism, and more — data visualization is being used extensively by decision-makers to make important decisions in a fraction of seconds.…