NDSAP (National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy) & Open Data INDIA

[Workshop on e-Governance & Project Management in Madhya Pradesh]

A presentation on “NDSAP (National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy) & Open Data
INDIA” was made by Ms. Neeta Verma, DDG, NIC during workshop on “e-Governance &
Project Management”, conducted by Department of Information Technology, Government
of Madhya Pradesh at RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration, Bhopal on 26 th
November 2013. The workshop was chaired by Shri Anthony JC DeSa, Chief Secretary,
Government of Madhya Pradesh and was attended by senior functionaries of State
Government (including, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries,
Commissioners, etc.), besides senior officers from NIC & Project Management Institute,
INDIA.

She focused her presentation on strategy & potential impact of the policy and also the road
map for implementation of the NDSAP & Open Government Data in the State. The policy
opens possibility of tapping untapped potential of Government Data, collected using Tax
Payers money. NIC being technology provider for the implementation of NDSAP & Open
Government Data in the State, NIC will be providing required technical support to NDSAP-
PMU in implementation of the policy in the State, she assured. She also emphasized that
opening up of data will encourage IT professionals to provide Apps on Mobile devices,
which will be easily used by citizens.

Those who also attended the workshop include, Shri I.S. Dani, DG, Academy of
Administration, Smt. Ajita Vajpayee Pandey, Add.CS (Technical Education & Skill
Development), Smt. Aruna Sharma, Add.CS (Panchayats, Rural Development & Social
Justice), Shri M. Vinayak Rao, SIO, NIC Madhya Pradesh, Shri R.S. Mani, Ms. Shalini
Mathrani, Sr.TD, Sr. TD NIC, Shri Prakash Rao, Sr. TD, Shri Sanjay Hardikar, Sr. TD, etc.

Dated: - 26-11-2013
Sanjay Hardikar
Sr. Technical Director

Glimpses of Workshop

Ms. Neeta Verma

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Active Participants during the Workshop

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