ISB, Conrad govt join hands to offer capacity-bldg support to policymakers

Shillong: A team of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP), Indian School of Business (ISB) is working closely with Meghalaya govt to offer capacity-building support to public policy leaders, govt officials, private corporations, and the development sector.
As part of the ongoing collaborations, the institute, with the support of the state planning department has developed the Meghalaya Data Portal (MDP), www.meghalayadataportal.com, an open-access data platform.
“The portal is useful to administrators, researchers, students, journalists, and the general public as a whole. This initiative will go a long way in developing the open data ecosystem in the country,” says an ISB statement.
The BIPP team comprising Aarushi Jain, policy director, Deepti Soni, associate director and Amrita Chakraborty, project lead, India Data Portal and MDP, recently facilitated a workshop for more than 40 officers from across govt departments on the navigation of the portal.
“The officers of the state can use the data to make various policy decisions based on data focusing on evidence-based policies,” the statement said.