Accessing Democracy Conference | September 2023
In a country as vast and varied as India, where every voice matters and every decision impacts millions, the flow of accurate and timely data is not just important-it’s essential to the health of our democracy.
At the Accessing Democracy Conference held at at FLAME University, Prof. Yugank, team members Karishma Shah, Tanya Chandra, and Narhar Raherkar presented the Centre’s work on the Local Politics and Revenue Expenditure Chapter, highlighting the importance of data dissemination in terms of democracy.
Participants included Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta (Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Government of Karnataka); Arghya Sengupta; Aditya Prasanna and Naveed Ahmad from Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy; Apar Gupta from Internet Freedom Foundation; and Gaurav Godhwani and Nupur Gawde from CivicDataLab.