Gaurav is a technologist turned social entreprenuer working to strengthen data-for-good ecosystem in India. At CivicDataLab, he works closely with Public Finance and Law & Justice verticals to improve access to information and enable civic-engagements using Open Data and Open-Source practices. He has been instrumental in starting initiatives like DataKind Bangalore & Open Budgets India. He is passionate about Open Data, Open Source Tech, Education and Human Rights. When he is away from the keyboard, he enjoys spending his time travelling, teaching and doing photography.

Related Talks:

• State of open source in India - GitHub Satellite, India 2021: https://githubsatellite.com/sessions/state-of-open-source-in-india/
• Roundtable Discussion on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) - Digital India 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq5fN7bdOuE
• Controlling fraud, corruption in emergency procurement & supply management using Open Data - Global Procurement Summit, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JIKjcutNHg
• Data in Social Change - Skills Training for Advancement in Rural Societies (STARS) Forum, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbz2qYU3dJg
• Opening Up Public Procurement Data to Break the Cycle in Government’s Biggest Corruption Risk - International Anti-Corruption Conference 2020: https://vimeo.com/502088893
• Leveraging Open Ecosystems - Charcha 2020, India 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxye_AdYfhw
• Open Data in India: Data & Technology for Impact - Arthan, India 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcndoaIUMow
• Fantastic Indian Open Datasets & Where to Find Them - ODSC, India 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RtopUeqRaY
• Open Data, Open Opportunities - TEDxNITKSurathkal, India 2019: https://www.ted.com/talks/gaurav_godhwani_open_data_open_opportunities
• Time Series Analysis of District-wise Government Spending in India - ODSC, India 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGltOKRG5X8
• Transforming India's Budgets into Open Linked Data - HasGeek, India 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX7-Ega6OxA
• Ingredients Of Co-Creating An Open Data Initiative - Creative Commons Summit, 2017: https://speakerdeck.com/gggodhwani/cc-summit-2017-ingredients-of-co-creating-an-open-data-initiative
• Open Budgets & Public Health Indicators - Open Data Camp, Bangalore 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26oz-HsHprQ
• Data Science For Good - Life with Data, Bangalore 2015: https://speakerdeck.com/gggodhwani/data-science-for-good

Teaching Experience:

• Open Data Visualization - Tools and Techniques to Better Report Data- FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) at UCSD, 2018
• Opening-up Research and Data (Day 1 & Day 2) - FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) at UCSD, 2017 (Links: https://speakerdeck.com/gggodhwani/opening-up-research-and-data-day1-force11-scholarly-communication-institute-fsci, https://speakerdeck.com/gggodhwani/opening-up-research-and-data-day2-force11-scholarly-communication-institute-fsci )