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Richa Verma
As I was closing the chapter on 2017, I realized that I am about to turn 26 next year. Oh, I panicked. I panicked at the thought of turning 30 in the next four and a half years, and the worry about what legacy I will leave by then. I…
Introducing the Data For Impact Fellowship
The Guardian Minister is scheduled to arrive just shy of midnight — at 11:30 pm. The Collector told us about the Minister’s visit earlier that day, and we’ve now been waiting four hours to show him our village development dashboard. At 11:30 pm, the door of the newly renovated conference…
Driving Rapid Development for 290 Villages in Chandrapur
“When you have numbers, figures, and data in front of you, you stop shooting in the dark.” -Ashutosh Salil, IAS, District Collector of Chandrapur In the fall of 2016, Sudhir Mungantiwar, the Honorable Minister of Forest, Finance, and Planning for the Government of Maharashtra reached out to the Tata Trusts.…
7 Common Myths About Working With the Indian Government
Ministry. Secretariat. Collectorate. Panchayat Samiti. Sir. Madam. Sir. Madam. Meeting. Field Visit. Presentation. New Delhi. Nagpur. Noamundi. These are the words around which my life revolves currently. At SocialCops, we work on a large number of projects with the government. Typically, our data platform helps some of the most important…
My First Week as a Resident Entrepreneur at SocialCops
My name is Richa and I recently joined the SocialCops team in a “Resident Entrepreneur” role. Seriously. I was told to create my own title when I joined, and so I did. Having worked as an associate at a consulting firm for two years conducting primary research and randomised controlled…