Speakers: Shri K. N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC; Amb. Muktesh Pardeshi, Officer on Special Duty/Secretary, G20 India; formerly, Ambassador to Mexico & High Commissioner to New Zealand; Dr. Sindura Ganapathi,  Visiting PSA Fellow, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt. of India; Prof. Ajit Kembhavi, Professor Emeritus and Former Director and former Raja Ramanna Fellow at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA); Principal Investigator, Pune Knowledge Cluster; Ms. Andrea Wojnar, Resident Representative for UNFPA India and the Country Director for Bhutan; Shri Arun Sharma Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank; and Dr. Daisy Selematsela, Executive Director of the University of South Africa (UNISA) LIS & Professor of Practice of Knowledge Management, University of Johannesburg

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Data is the key component in today’s data-driven knowledge-based society. Qualitative development data is the foundation for meaningful policy-making, efficient resource allocation, and effective public service delivery. Today our major challenges reside in the analysis of vast quantities of heterogeneous data from multiple sources. Working with data along all aspects of the development data value chain, from collection, to data management, stewardship, and analysis, while balancing data profusion with data protection becomes imperative. To examine these developments from a global perspective, the proposed conclave is envisaged to facilitate interaction with the experts from across the domains with an aim to chart a roadmap suitable for the Indian ecosystem to guide the further course of action on Data ecosystem for development.

The objective is to connect all segments of the society including information specialists, researchers and librarians to partake in the knowledge sharing sessions on the above theme and key takeaways thereof on various connected issues.