January 2013 - Informatics

In the NewsNDSAP WORKSHOP CONDUCTED FOR DATA CONTROLLERS BY NICNIC conducted one DayWorkshop on October 5,2012 for implementationof National Data Sharingand Accessibility Policy (NDSAP).Nodal officers (Data Controllers) ofseveral ministries and departmentswere invited. A briefing on theNDSAP policy and a walk through ofthe portal and workflow forsubmission of data was providedduring this workshop. Data Portal,India has been set up athttp://www.data.gov.in withworkflow based backend, to enablepublishing of datasets by DataControllers. These datasets wouldessentially relate to various ministriesand government departments.The workshop started with awelcome address by Director Generalof NIC and a keynote address bySecretary, DeitY. An overview wasgiven on Open Data policy followedby its importance and itsimplementation steps. In using thisopen source method of development,the Open Government Platform(OGPL) community will providefuture technology enhancements, opengovernment solutions, andcommunity-based technical support.Through this medium, governmentwill be able to engage in social mediaand can react to public reaction onissues of public interest.Dr. R Siva Kumar from Departmentof Science & Technology presented theexperience of the department, and thecurrent usage. Ms. Neeta Verma (Sr.TD, NIC) mentioned that the datasetson Open Data can be used, re-usedand re-distributed. The data formatsused are independent and does notrequire proprietary software. Theportal was showcased and the variousfeatures which were user friendly andhow it would enable greaterparticipation from general public wereput forth. She indicated that there werealready close to 70 unique requests fordata that were received in just less than10 days, which depicts the interestshown to this initiative by generalpublic.The workshop also involved thepresentations by data controllers, Dr.L. Harendupralkash from Departmentof Earth Sciences, and Sh. P.C.Mohanan from Department ofStatistics and ProgrammeImplementation, Ms. MadhuriSharma, Dr. Harendupralkash, Shri.Mohanan, Ms. Madhuri Sharma,It was followed by a walk through onpublishing of datasets on Data Portalby Ms. Alka Mishra & Mr D.P. Mishrafrom NIC. Ms. Verma also discussedNDSAP policy and formation ofNDSAP cells under the controllers ofeach ministry, department. Later, theworkshop was opened for the paneldiscussion on NDSAPImplementation Methodology by DG(NIC), Head (NSDI, DST), DDG(MoSPI) and several others.46 | informatics.nic.in | January 2013