Bhubaneswar: A team from University of Chicago Trust, India met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Tuesday and discussed on DPIC (Data, Policy, and Innovation Centre) and opportunities to collaborate with the Odisha Government. Scholar Professor Michael Kremer, Executive Director Benjamin Krause and Development Innovation Lab & Executive Director of University of Chicago Trust Dr. Leni Chaudhary met the Chief Minister. . The meeting was attended by Secretary to CM (5T) VK Pandian and Principal Secretary of E&ITDepartment Manoj Mishra. Funded by the Odisha Government, the DPIC will help enable rigorous, evidence-based governance, using new advances in econometrics, data science and machine learning. Earlier today, the team from Unive rsity of
Chicago Trust, India held an introductory meeting with Secretaries from He a lt h a n d Famil y Welfare Department, E & I T D e p a rt m e n t , S c h o o l a n d M a s s Education Department regarding setting up the
DPIC. The panel had a fruitful d is c u ssi o n t owa r d s u n d e r s t a n d i n g development needs and priorities of each Dept with the larger backdrop of development needs of Odisha. T h e m e e t i n g w a s followed by discussions
w i t h i n d i v i d u a l Department to identify specific research areas in near future.
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