Name: Better villages through big data
Uploaded: 2018-01-04T15:12:54Z
Duration: 6 min 25 s
Description: Just like most places in the world, India is full of extremes: poverty and wealth, urban connection and rural isolation. Pukalpa Sankar and her organization, Atlan, want to help level that playing field using big data. By gathering and analyzing data about local villages, can we help them plan and serve their residents more effectively?

Just like most places in the world, India is full of extremes: poverty and wealth, urban connection and rural isolation. Pukalpa Sankar and her organization, Atlan, want to help level that playing field using big data. By gathering and analyzing data about local villages, can we help them plan and serve their residents more effectively?

Prukalpa Sankar: Better villages through big data

Better villages through big data

Harnessing big data transforms Chandrapur’s villages: from data collection to action, enabling targeted development, improving lives.

Innovative app captures 6.9 million data points across Chandrapur, empowering micro-planning for 290 villages, revolutionizing rural aid.

Data intelligence transforms Chandrapur's governance, marrying local needs with effective policy via powerful, real-time insights.