Re: [datameet] [x-post] Petition for MHRD to include Open Source in New Education Policy

2016-07-14 Thread Rushabh Mehta
> Hey, > > Why sign a petition on a third party website, when you can send suggestions > to govt. until July 31? There is lot of scope for Open Access in education, > but suggesting them is the best way, if it lacks few things as you probably > are not opposing the entire policy. > This is

[datameet] [x-post] Petition for MHRD to include Open Source in New Education Policy

2016-07-14 Thread Rushabh Mehta
Dear all, The Ministry of HRD is inviting comments on the New Education Policy Draft that was recently published. Surprisingly and to much disappointment there is no emphasis on using Free and Open Source for IT tools for education. To this effect Prof Milind Oka has drafted a petition to the

Re: [datameet] Re: [Group Business] We need a logo for datameet ..help

2014-03-29 Thread Rushabh Mehta
One more :) —  @rushabh_mehta http://erpnext.org On 29 March 2014 at 11:46:24 am, Anand Doshi (an...@erpnext.com) wrote: Logo Concept: Data Meet as a bridge from raw data to useful information. See the attached file. Thanks, Anand Doshi. On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Thejesh GN

Re: [datameet] Tree survey in bangalore

2014-01-04 Thread rushabh
We had setup a prototype too to be used for Pune: Demo: http://treemapper.in/ Repo: https://github.com/webnotes/treemapper Was never used. best, Rushabh On Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:37:21 PM UTC+5:30, Venkatraman.S. wrote: I had started www.mapatree.org 4 years back; but it died down

[datameet] Govt Tenders

2013-10-22 Thread Rushabh Mehta
did not find any info while googling about projects that have tried to scrape tenders. I am thinking this is an interesting project. Any feedback? best, Rushabh W: https://erpnext.com T: @rushabh_mehta -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received

[datameet] Map of Lok Sabha Constituencies?

2013-10-11 Thread Rushabh Mehta
(of Mumbai atleast) and post them online! thanks, Rushabh W: https://erpnext.com T: @rushabh_mehta -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [datameet] Map of Lok Sabha Constituencies?

2013-10-11 Thread Rushabh Mehta
hackathon project! best, Rushabh W: https://erpnext.com T: @rushabh_mehta On 11-Oct-2013, at 4:37 PM, Avinash Celestine avinash.celest...@gmail.com wrote: if you are not looking for georeferenced maps then the pdfs on this site might help. you can clean the pdfs in inkscape or adobe illustrator

[datameet] [New Project] Visualize, Discuss and Rate Open Data

2013-10-01 Thread Rushabh Mehta
(if this data is correct) http://opendataproject.in/#operations-of-indian-railways Would love to have your feedback on this. best, Rushabh W: https://erpnext.com T: @rushabh_mehta -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you

Re: [datameet] [New Project] Visualize, Discuss and Rate Open Data

2013-10-01 Thread Rushabh Mehta
more datasets! best, Rushabh W: https://erpnext.com T: @rushabh_mehta On 01-Oct-2013, at 7:12 PM, Neependra Khare neependra.kh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rushabh, On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Rushabh Mehta rme...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, We just built this small app (in continuation

[datameet] Reminder: Open Data Workshop Tomorrow - Mumbai

2013-09-19 Thread Rushabh Mehta
Dear all, Just a reminder that the Open Data Workshop by open-steps.org is tomorrow in Mumbai: https://erpnext.com/workshop-on-visualising-open-data When: 4pm - 6pm, September 20th Where: D/324 Neelkanth Business Park, Vidyavihar West (right next to Station) best, Rushabh W: https

Re: [datameet] Converting old Devnagari fonts to unicode.

2013-07-05 Thread Rushabh Mehta
Gautam, Will be curious to learn how do you do it at Pratham? Any chance there is a Python script lying around :) ? I am looking at Padma and thinking how do I use it because even if I manage to decode it, I will still need to run batch processes to convert from PDFs. best, Rushabh W: https

[datameet] Exciting story on the Obama campaign data hackers

2013-06-24 Thread Rushabh Mehta
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campaigns-digital-masterminds-cash-in.html W: https://erpnext.com T: @rushabh_mehta -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet

Re: [datameet] Hacking the Indian Education System

2013-06-05 Thread Rushabh Mehta
This is brilliant, if its not a hoax. A killer app for data hackers! For those who did not read it, ... these missing numbers were regularly interspersed on the number line. For example, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 89, 91 and 93 were visibly missing. I repeat, no one in India had achieved these marks

Re: [datameet] Census/IRS data on Bangalore

2013-05-18 Thread Rushabh Mehta
There is already the awesome DevInfo Online system http://www.devinfo.info/india/3.0/ with all the census data + a lot more. Is there something specific you were looking for? On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Anush Shetty anushshe...@gmail.com wrote: I am wondering if all of us could pull out

[datameet] Meetup in Mumbai?

2013-05-15 Thread rushabh
datasources, tools. If there are any similar projects (did not find many so far) please let me know. best regards, Rushabh -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet group. To unsubscribe