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In April 2025, Dr. Urmila Chatterjee, Executive Director of DPIC, presented the findings of the Data Capabilities Assessment at a high-level meeting chaired by Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg. The assessment focused on identifying data gaps and...

The inaugural DPIC Ideas Forum, held in collaboration with the Electronics & IT Department, focused on “Unlocking the Power of Data Exchange for Smart Governance”. It brought together senior bureaucrats from the Government of Odisha and experts from Centre of...

In December 2024, the DPIC team was honoured to welcome Nobel Laureate Professor Michael Kremer to the newly inaugurated office at the Odisha Computer Applications Centre (OCAC). DPIC also supported a public lecture delivered by Professor Kremer on experimental methods,...

In May, 2023, the Odisha government and the University of Chicago Trust (UCT) signed a grant agreement in follow-up to the MoU signed in January, 2023 to support the Data, Policy, and Innovation Centre (DPIC). This agreement provides vital funding...

In January 2023, the Government of Odisha signed an MoU with the University of Chicago Trust to establish the Data, Policy, and Innovation Centre (DPIC) in Bhubaneswar. The signing took place in the presence of IT Minister Tusharkanti Behera, OCAC...