Hi Nagarajan! Congrats! This is a great effort and hopefully the beginning of much more!
How can we help? We have a chapter in Ahmedabad run by Jimish and Mahroof they can also assist in getting the word out. Can you attend the hangout this month on Nov 22nd and we can discuss how this took place and some of the challenges and triumphs associated with it? It would be great to discuss how we can push for more transparency and open data. NIsha On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Nagarajan M <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear DataMeets, > > Please find a write up on Surat Open Data Portal. > > I have been an old timer in this group (4 years). I have always been > inspired to some thing in Transparency through Data. Tried some things like > this in my previous assignment http://www.dfs.evikas.net/visit/ to put > data in public domain though not machine readable. > > Presently I am the CEO of Surat Smart City and Chief Data Officer of > Surat. This provided me a chance to make a real contribution to Open data > and tried to work on this with NIC Delhi and made Surat the first city to > be on Govt of India Open Data Portal (SaaS). > > This is only the beginning. There are political, technological and > cultural barriers to open data in government. However with right partners > lot of good things can be done. > > I am aware of good work happening in Open Data in Banglore and New Delhi. > > Through this email i look forward to collaborate with DataMeet group to > take this forward. > > I can be reached in my official id [email protected] also. > > With Best Regards, > > Nagarajan M > ​, IAS > Dy Municipal Commissioner > Surat​ > M : 08000 42 8000 > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Jimish Parekh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing. We ll have a look. >> >> On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 4:38:43 PM UTC+5:30, Nisha Thompson wrote: >>> >>> https://surat.data.gov.in/ >>> >>> -- >>> Nisha Thompson >>> DataMeet.org >>> [email protected] >>> skype: nishaqt >>> mobile: 962-061-2245 >>> >>> >>> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Nisha Thompson DataMeet.org [email protected] skype: nishaqt mobile: 962-061-2245 -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
