The document outlines various community engagement initiatives involving open government data (OGD) in India from 2012 to 2015, highlighting events like hackathons and collaborative projects that promote innovation and citizen participation. Key achievements include the development of apps addressing urban governance, healthcare, and trade, alongside numerous awards recognizing innovative contributions. Workshops and conferences facilitated discussions on inclusive web programming and the effective use of open data, emphasizing its potential for civic engagement and social entrepreneurship.

1. Community Engagement with Open
Government Data
2012 – 2015
Presented by: Shri D P Misra, NIC

2. Community stakeholders in OGD
• Citizen Group
• Non Government Organization (NGOs)
• Think Tanks & Research Organization
• Universities and Education Institution in
India
• Academia
• Policy Advocates

3. Community Engagement: Impact
• Accountable policy making
• Driving Innovation
• Development of Citizen & Community
friendly applications
• Integrating stakeholders
• Promoting economic growth &
industrialization
• Making data application more visible

4. Community Engagements Accomplished
12th Plan Hackathon
In Pursuit of an Idea
#OpenDataApps Challenge
CMA Hackathon
Code For Honor

5. Sector Specific Community
Engagements
• OGD Platform is available for hosting any
sector specific engagements
– Environment Community under development
– NEP Hackathon
– Hackathon on Election Data , Census Data etc.

6. 12th Plan Hackathon
6th & 7th April 2013

7. 12th Plan Hackathon
6th & 7th April 2013
• Organized in collaboration with Planning
Commission & National Innovation Council
• Create Visualization, Short Movies or Applications
in 7 Sectors
– Macroeconomic Framework
– Agriculture & Rural Development
– Health
– Water & Environment
– Energy
– Education & Skill Development
– Urban Development

8. 12th Plan Hackathon
6th & 7th April 2013
Institution Participation
Aligarh Muslim University
Delhi University
IIT Hyderabad
IISc Bangalore
IIT Kanpur
IIT Kharagpur
IIT Madras
TISS Mumbai
University of Jammu

11. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Maternal & Child Care –
1st Prize in 12th Five Year
Plan Hackathon at IIT
Delhi;
Category: Info-graphic
The info-graphic throws light on why
and how the 12th Year Plan proposes
to improve healthcare conditions
(preventive and curable) especially
relating to maternal health and child
care.

12. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Help My City –
1st Prize in 12th Five Year Plan
Hackathon at IIT Delhi;
Category: Applications
The focus of the project is to bridge the
gap between the Government and the
Citizens by providing an integrated
platform where common people can not
only raise their problems but also can give
suggestions, ask questions and bring
some innovative solutions for different
sectors as they experience in their daily
lives to the government.

13. In Pursuit of an ‘Idea’
May-July 2013

14. In Pursuit of an ‘Idea’
Creative Collaboration on Open Government Data
University of Delhi
May 24, 2013

15. In Pursuit of an ‘Idea’
May-July 2013
• Stakeholder: Institute of Informatics &
Communications, University of Delhi &
NIC
• Phase I: Generation of New Ideas
• Phase II: Shape shortlisted ideas into
apps/visualizations/infographics

18. Innovation through OGD Platform India
India at a Glance -
Developed during
“In Pursuit of an
Idea”
Provides the state-wise
information on
government approved
hotels and tour operators
to help users plan for their
vacation.

19. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Exim Guide -
Developed during “In
Pursuit of an Idea”
A single query window for
traders. It provides details on
ITC & IEC codes and Trade
Associations along with Tariff
Calculator. This app is available
in Android mobile version as
well.

20. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Alerts for Piped Water
-Developed during “In
Pursuit of an Idea”
Provides state-wise, district-
wise and block/taluk-wise
information on piped water
supply. Total population in
number habitations covered
can be drilled down on the
Map of India.

22. # Open Data Challenge
August 8, 2013

23. #Open Data Challenge
August 8, 2013
• NIC in association with NASSCOM to
encourage data driven innovation.
• Creating apps across platforms & devices
• Winner was given an amount of 100,000
INR

24. #OpenDataApps Challenge Launch,
August 8, 2013

25. Open DataApps Challenge Prize Felicitation,
Feb 18, 2014

26. Open DataApps Challenge Prize Felicitation,

27. #OpenDataAppsChallenge
Participation

28. Innovation through OGD Platform India
GoTourist Mobile App -
Winner of
#OpenDataApps
Challenge
GoTourist Mobile App developed by
TekMindz, a Noida based IT
consulting & technology Services
Company. The app is a gateway to
information related to government-
approved hotels, restaurants, resorts
and travel agents.

29. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Market Watch App -
Winner of
#OpenDataApps
Challenge
Market Watch app provides the
wholesale price information of
commodities as per the
datasets powered by the OGD
Platform for public use. It
provides live price updates of
commodities from various
markets (mandis) across India.

30. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Earth Core App - Winner
of #OpenDataApps
Challenge
Earth Core App enables user to detect
and utilize the mineral ores hidden
deep below the Earth’s crust to
provide rich returns to the Indian
economy and strengthen it.
It provides the location and
miscellaneous information of various
ores and minerals. The user can also
visualize the quantity and values for
the minerals and metals that have
been imported and exported in last
few years.

31. • Market Watch is the Winner of Open Data
Apps Challenge conducted by Govt. of India
& NASSCOM
• FEATURES:
CHECK PRICE: By selecting the
combination of commodity and market,
you will get the maximum, model and minimum
price of commodities from various markets
around India.
WATCH LIST: In order to get a quick
search you can add the
combination of commodity and market
to watch list.
QUICK REPORT:
AROUND ME: See the markets around
you on Google map and get the market report
MORE LANGUAGES: Support Hindi
and English

32. CMA Hackathon
December 14-15, 2013

33. CMA HACKATHON,

34. CMA Hackathon
(December 14-15, 2013)
• Tamil Nadu's Commissionerate of Municipal
Administration (CMA) & NIC came together to encourage
technology geeks to develop apps on urban governance.
• Sectors of Focus
- Water, Waste Water & Solid Waste Management
- Urban Poor
- Streetlights & Roadways
- Health & Sanitation
- Civic Services

35. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Winners of Commissionerate of Municipal
Administration (CMA), Tamil Nadu Hackathon
TrashIt is an Android app to enable crowd sourced garbage
reporting. In order to motivate users to participate a
gamification element is introduced on this.
KYC – Know Your City is an integrated feedback, information
& grievance redressal website for CMA officials and public to
connect effectively for a better tomorrow.
State Health Analyzer is to analyze the performance of each
ward on the parameters - Health, Road, Sanitation Assign
weightage to each area, high performing wards will be
highlighted in map.

36. Collaborate with OGD 2014

37. Innovation through OGD Platform India
OGD Collaborate with Us
initiative - The Great
Indian Toilet Tracker
We can find out how the rural
sanitation scheme is doing because of
the data that is published on the
Ministry of the Drinking Water and
Sanitation website. This project aims
to create simple tools that will
demystify the large datasets and
compare it to other relevant datasets.

38. Innovation through OGD Platform India
OGD Collaborate with
Us initiative - Know
Your Representative
Know Your Representative:
With this application users can
know the attendance of their
representatives in Parliament
i.e. Rajya Sabha members and
Lok Sabha members.

39. Code of Honor – Awards 2014

40. Code for Honor 2014

41. Code of Honor – Awards 2014
• Microsoft in association with NIC awarded Indian
companies less than 8 years old and less than 200
employees for solution excellence.
• Award-winning company received
-Opportunity to access potential investors to
showcase the Solution
-Initial connection to potential customers
- Prize money of Rs. 200,000
• Winner: Appface Technologies Pvt Ltd for Mandi
Trades App

42. Features
• Commodity Prices
• Farmer Produce Information
• Auto Geo-Tagging of Farmer
Location
• Map based View of Available
Farm Products
Mandi Trades

43. Innovation through OGD Platform India
Other Winners of Code for Honor
2014 -Microsoft’s award for solution
excellence
Let's Carpool (Point 2 Point Solutions, Mumbai)
a solution for eco-friendly users, which suggests
carpool options based on a user’s travel trends
and offers incentive options to promote
carpooling. This app was one of the finalists.
Rainbow (Greeno Tech Solutions, Chennai) an
information exchange platform for farmers to
make informed decisions through the entire life
cycle of a crop. This app was one of the finalists.

44. ICSE 2014, 36th International Conference on
Software Engineering Hyderabad, Jun 7, 2014

45. ICSE 2014
• NIC, DietY, GoI & IBM Research
organized workshop on Inclusive web
programming.
• Themes of the Workshop
- Open Data
- Web Programming
- Sustainability

46. AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP
• Draw the attention of the Software engineering community to the
research challenges & opportunities in building web apps using
open data for citizens
• Draw the attention on the multi-disciplinary dimension & its impact
on government
• Explore the software life cycle for the web apps including building,
hosting and maintenance, commercialization, upgrades & retirement
• Elaborate a benchmark for testing web applications techniques for
city applications
• Provide a platform for sharing best-practices & discussion
• Understand how governments can help in better usage of their data

47. ICSE 2014, 36th International Conference on Software Engineering Hyderabad

48. Workshop Conducted for Data Controllers
Convention Hall, GO Complex, New Delhi
October 5, 2012

51. Workshop on Open Government Data & Civic Engagement
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
April 4, 2013

55. Workshop on NDSAP & Open Government Platform at Shimla
June 21, 2013

57. Statistics Community launch
June 29, 2013

58. Data Portal India wins
eIndia Public Choice Award,
July 23, 2013

59. OGD Platform India wins
CSI-Nihilent e-Governance
Awards 2013-14,
December 13, 2014

60. Open Data Apps Challenge:
Developer Community Engagement

61. Open Data meet with NASSCOM at ADOBE

62. Open Data meet with NASSCOM at Microsoft,

63. Open Data meet with NASSCOM at IIIT,

64. Open Data Meet
with NASSCOM at Wipro,
July 31, 2013

65. Open Data Camp Hyderabad

66. Delhi Data Boot Camp, Gurgaon

67. Open Data Camp, New Delhi

68. NIUA Dialogue Series V - Open Data for Effective Planning

69. OGD Platform India – The gateway for
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovations
Collaborate with
data.gov.in
Suggest new data sets
Innovate new ideas to
resolve social issues
during Engagement
Initiatives

70. The Journey Continues
Thank You