please webcast and share link here On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:05 PM Rajesh D Hanbal <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Community, > > This talk might be of interest to Open Data enthusiasts especially because > it will touch upon interesting attempts to re-represent government data to > empower grassroots organizations and communities. > > Thanks, > Rajesh > > > On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 6:59:21 PM UTC+5:30, Rajesh D Hanbal wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear Researchers/Activists, >> >> You are welcome to attend a talk on titled "*Technocracy as the veil for >> lack of political will" *by Rajendran Narayanan at IIITB tomorrow at 4 >> PM. More details below. >> >> Thanks, >> Rajesh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *The Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP)* >> >> *International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB)* >> >> >> >> invites you to a talk titled >> >> >> >> *Technocracy as the veil for lack of political will: In the context of >> NREGA* >> >> by >> >> >> >> * Rajendran Narayanan* >> >> *Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University* >> >> >> >> *4:00 pm - 5:30 pm on 17th April 2019 (Wednesday)* >> >> Venue:* Room #310, IIITB campus* >> >> *26/C, Electronic City, Hosur Road, Bangalore* >> >> >> * About the talk:* >> >> The Right to Information (RTI) has been a landmark law to increase >> transparency and accountability of the government. In this regard, Social >> Audits have been a powerful mechanism of monitoring and participation for >> the marginalised sections to know their rights and entitlements and act >> based on that knowledge. Social audits entail culling out and presenting >> relevant information in a manner that is most useful to people >> participating in programmes such as the National Rural Employment Guarantee >> Act (NREGA). The information can then be used to conduct public hearings >> leading to increased democratic engagement and participation. Rajendran is >> a founder member of a collective of researchers and activists called LibTech >> India <http://libtech.in/>. LibTech works with an array of civil society >> organisations across several states in designing and developing "bottom-up" >> Janata Information Systems (JIS). Such information can then be used for >> continuous monitoring of government programmes and social audits. LibTech >> India has also been active in various national campaigns as the National >> Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), the Right to Food >> Campaign, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha and the People’s Action for Employment >> Guarantee. >> >> >> >> *Speaker Bio**:* Rajendran is an Assistant Professor in the School of >> Liberal Studies, Azim Premji University, Bangalore. After completing his >> Ph.D. in statistics from Cornell University, he has held teaching and >> research positions at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Cornell >> University, Ithaca and Ashoka University, Sonepat. In his doctoral work, he >> explored theoretical questions pertaining to eigenvalues of random matrices >> and shrinkage estimation in constrained regression problems. He has since >> gradually migrated to the real world and engages in ‘Research for Action’ >> in questions pertaining to transparency, accountability, and human rights. >> >> To know more about CITAPP visit *http://citapp.iiitb.ac.in/ >> <http://citapp.iiitb.ac.in/>* and to explore M.Sc. (Digital Society) >> programme visit >> *http://citapp.iiitb.ac.in/academic-programmes/m-sc-digital-society/ >> <http://citapp.iiitb.ac.in/academic-programmes/m-sc-digital-society/>* >> > -- > 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. > -- Regards Venkat +91 8754464737 'It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. ~ S̶h̶e̶r̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶H̶o̶l̶m̶e̶s̶ *Arthur Conan Doyle!* -- 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.
