[open-economics] [Yourtopia] Yourtopia India

[Velichka Dimitrova]

Hi Pranav,

this is really exciting to hear, we are looking forward to expanding the
project beyond Europe and it would be really exciting and interesting to do
YourTopia for India.

I would like you to have a look at the structure of the dataset we compiled
to make YourTopia Italy: http://thedatahub.org/dataset/yourtopia-italy and
let me know if you would have regional time series data for Indian
provinces. The data could be similar or a bit different - given what kind
of data the Indian statistical department collects. We can start collecting
resources on the DataHub - I have created a resource named YourTopia India:
http://thedatahub.org/en/dataset/yourtopia-india, if you have any links to
data or raw dataset, you could upload them there.

It is also fantastic to hear that there is a programmer who is interested
in helping us with this.

I suggest that we could organise a Skype call in the coming weeks to
discuss how we can take this further, potential audiences and user groups
for YourTopia India.

I will also connect you with two colleagues of mine who are probably coming
to India in July, developing the Open Knowledge Foundation local chapters.

Best wishes,

-- 
Velichka Dimitrova
Project Coordinator
Economics and Energy Projects
Open Knowledge Foundation
Twitter: @vndimitrova
Skype: vn.dimitrova



On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Pranav Sidhwani
<sidhwanipranav at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey!
>
> I recently visited the yourtopia webpage and was really fascinated with
> the concept. My friend Madhav, who is also on the mailing list, and I
> discussed this and we're really interested in doing something similar for
> India. I have already discussed the possibility of the same with Dirk and
> Rosamaria (both my friend and I have a master's degree in economics from
> IGIDR, Mumbai, the place where both Dirk and Rosamaria spent a semester
> last year). The good thing about India is that data for various social
> indicators is not very difficult to find, and India being a developing
> country provides an opportunity to explore different methods and metrics to
> track development. We already have a programmer friend who is also
> interested in the project.
>
> I hope the idea gets you as excited as me. Would be waiting to hear from
> you guys!
>
> Regards,
>
> Pranav
>
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