Thanks Nisha. We can plan a hangout on 22 nov.
Meanwhile Surat City is organizing a Smart City Summit on 25 and 26 Nov 2016. http://smartcity.eletsonline.com/surat/ I invite members to attend the event if they find it interesting. If they are any speakers interested to join in they can reach out to me. For other preliminary ideas i am sending you an email off the list. With Best Regards, Nagarajan M M : 08000 42 8000 On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
