Workshop for Chief Data Officers of OGD Platform

The Open Government Platform (OGD) Platform has been built in compliance with Open Data Policy (NDSAP) to facilitate Departments to publish their datasets, enabling cross sectoral use of data and derive maximum benefit of government data. It also sets a benchmark in enabling India to become one of the leading countries with regard to Open Data Initiative across the world.

Keeping up with our continuous efforts to take the Open Data Government (OGD) Platform India to greater heights, National Informatics Centre (NIC) had organized a half a day workshop for Chief Data Officers (CDOs) on 11th April, 2019 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

The workshop focused on the following topics:
• Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India Overview
• Roles and Responsibilities of CDOs
• Demo of data publishing workflow & CDO Dashboard
• Releasing of Datasets through Web-Services/APIs

The workshop was organized by Open Government Data Division Team, NIC, headed by Ms Alka Misra, Deputy Director General, NIC. Occasion was graced by DG, NIC, Dr. Neeta Verma, Joint Secretary (eGov), Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Shri Sanjay Goel, DDG & CDO, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Shri Sanjay Kumar Panda, and Principal Scientist & CDO, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Chief Data Officers, Data Contributors, NIC Open Data Coordinators and other senior officials from Ministries/Departments attended the workshop.

DDG, NIC Ms Alka Misra after welcoming the dignitaries and guests took everybody on the journey of Open Government Data Platform since 2012.

DG, NIC in her key note address emphasized on interaction, collaboration and new business rules between a wide range of stakeholders for new innovative products and services in the Open Data ecosystem. Praising the efforts of OGD team, Director General, NIC emphasizedon contribution of good quality high value updated data in a continuous manner through APIs/Web Services. She also put light on use of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Block Chain for better use of data.It was suggested to showcase on the websites of Ministries/Departments the respective Open Government Data available on the OGD Platform to enhance their visibility and utilization. It was also suggested to promote publishing more granular level datasets through deployed IT systems and thrust to be given for promotion through focussed groups.