Data Science For Good

Slides from my talk at 'Life With Data' launch event!

Transcript

1. DATA SCIENCE FOR GOOD GAURAV GODHWANI
2. MORE THAN 263 MILLION INDIAN FARMERS ARE WORKING HARD WITHOUT A PROPER KNOWLEDGE SHARING NETWORK Data Source: National Commission for Women and Census
3. MORE THAN 2492 POTHOLES CAUSE TRAFFIC NUISANCE IN URBAN BANGALORE Data Source: Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
4. INDIA’S TOTAL EXPENDITURE HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT Rs.17,77,477 CRORE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHERE OUR MONEY IS FLOWING? Data Source: Union Budget 2015-16
5. NEARLY 1,601,760 CASES ARE PENDING IN HIGH & DISTRICT COURTS IN INDIA Data Source: Daksh India
6. CHENNAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 55 THOUSAND COMPLAINTS THIS YEAR Data Source: Chennai Municipal Corporation
7. CLOSE TO 72% OUR TOTAL POPULATION LIVES IN RURAL PARTS OF INDIA WITH NO PROPER ACCESS TO LOANS MEETING THEIR NEEDS Data Source: Census 2011
8. CAN WE HELP ?
9. CAN WE HELP ?
10. Your team wrangles your data and identifies external data sources to leverage. We explore what’s possible, then staff an expert volunteer team to work with you. 2. Data Discovery 1. Problem Exploration Your team co-creates solutions with you, while we oversee their work. Based on your feedback, your team makes adjustments to meet your needs. Your team delivers the final version and documentation so you can increase your impact. 3. Prototyping 4. Refinement 5. Solution OUR PROCESS
11. SO WHAT WE ARE DOING ?
12. IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE SHARING AMONG 9000+ INDIAN VILLAGES
13. 1062 Digital Green villages geocoded in MP
14. Mapped Digital Green villages to these 22 soil polygons in MP
15. Mapped DG villages to these 5 Agro-climatic clusters
16. EFFECTIVE VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS
17. IMPROVING CALL TO ACTION FOR 32274 COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS
18. VISUALIZING UNION BUDGET DATA FOR PAST 25 YEARS Department of Health and Family Welfare, Demands for Grants, 2014-2015
19. VISUALIZING SEVERAL OPEN COURT CASES AND PENDENCY RATES OF VARIOUS JUDICIAL BODIES OF INDIA
20. PREDICTING COMPLAINTS’ FREQUENCY FOR CHENNAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
21. RECOMMENDATION ENGINE TO BETTER CONNECT SOCIAL INVESTORS WITH MICRO-LOAN BORROWERS
22. WORKING TOGETHER IS HOW WE WORK
23. DataKindBLR DataKind-Bangalore