#intl
2018-01-03
thebestsophist
03:39:05
anyone know folks in India’s civic tech community? a couple at the airbnb I’ve been staying in, a senior engineering manager and a data scientist are trying to figure out how they can contribute their tech skills to digital journalism and civic good in their community
These guys do some really good work — http://www.egovernments.org/aboutus.php
met their CEO Viraj Tyagi at Civic Tech Fest, taipei
you are in india???
thebestsophist
2018-01-03 05:16:50
that’d be amazing, but sadly no, one of them works for a company here in boston so they’ve been visiting for the last month
Ah! Well.. some day 🙂
Also, here is the talk Viraj Tyagi gave at the conference — http://civictechfest.org/speakers#K._Kannababu
They can see a bit more about what they do.
They have a lot of buy-in from government it would seem
Also, Happy New Year!!! 🎊🎉
🙂
thebestsophist
2018-01-03 05:53:12
happy new year!
patcon
2018-01-03 17:10:01
Cross-posted to CodeforAll slack, and Sheba Najmi says:
> DataKind has a Fellow in India. I have contacts at Code for India but they’re not really civic tech.
> DataKind has a Fellow in India. I have contacts at Code for India but they’re not really civic tech.
thebestsophist
2018-01-03 22:23:53
oooh…code for india would be *perfect*
patcon
2018-01-04 06:41:54
Oscar Montiel from Open Knowledge Foundation posted something else:
> i can put them in touch with the Open Knowledge India people and Nisha from Datameet.
I'm thinking maybe best just to relay names, but if you think your contact is really interested, happy to coord explicit intro (?). Your call :)
> i can put them in touch with the Open Knowledge India people and Nisha from Datameet.
I'm thinking maybe best just to relay names, but if you think your contact is really interested, happy to coord explicit intro (?). Your call :)
dzn
03:57:08
These guys do some really good work — http://www.egovernments.org/aboutus.php
egovernments.org
eGovernments Foundation transforms urban governance with the use of scalable and replicable technology solutions that enable efficient and effective ...
dzn
03:57:26
met their CEO Viraj Tyagi at Civic Tech Fest, taipei
dzn
03:58:01
you are in india???
thebestsophist
05:16:50
that’d be amazing, but sadly no, one of them works for a company here in boston so they’ve been visiting for the last month
dzn
05:28:06
Ah! Well.. some day 🙂
dzn
05:28:27
Also, here is the talk Viraj Tyagi gave at the conference — http://civictechfest.org/speakers#K._Kannababu
civictechfest.org
Asia’s first ever civic technology festival and conference is coming on 2017 Sep. 10th - 16th at Taipei, Taiwan.![]()
dzn
05:28:43
They can see a bit more about what they do.
dzn
05:28:54
They have a lot of buy-in from government it would seem
dzn
05:29:16
Also, Happy New Year!!! 🎊🎉
dzn
05:29:19
🙂
thebestsophist
05:53:12
happy new year!
patcon
17:10:01
Cross-posted to CodeforAll slack, and Sheba Najmi says:
> DataKind has a Fellow in India. I have contacts at Code for India but they’re not really civic tech.
> DataKind has a Fellow in India. I have contacts at Code for India but they’re not really civic tech.
2018-01-04
patcon
06:41:54
Oscar Montiel from Open Knowledge Foundation posted something else:
> i can put them in touch with the Open Knowledge India people and Nisha from Datameet.
I'm thinking maybe best just to relay names, but if you think your contact is really interested, happy to coord explicit intro (?). Your call :)
> i can put them in touch with the Open Knowledge India people and Nisha from Datameet.
I'm thinking maybe best just to relay names, but if you think your contact is really interested, happy to coord explicit intro (?). Your call :)