Niti Digital Launches IndiaVotes.com, India's Largest Elections Database
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Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:49:01 AM
Niti Digital Launches IndiaVotes.com, India's Largest Elections Database
MUMBAI, November 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
IndiaVotes Already has Over 200 National as Well as State Elections Data Sets
Mumbai-based media and technology company Niti Digital [http://www.nitidigital.com ]
has announced the launch of IndiaVotes.com [http://www.indiavotes.com ], India's largest
public elections resource. It covers all Lok Sabha elections since 1952 and all state
elections since 1977. Much of the raw data for the site has been sourced from the public
domain and then processed to make it useful for analysis.
The idea behind making this data publicly accessible is to encourage data-driven
decision making in the political domain. Even though election data is available online, it
is not easily searchable or cannot be consumed in structured formats necessary for
analysis. IndiaVotes aims to become the open-source equivalent of election information in
India.
VeerChand Bothra, CEO of Niti Digital, said, "IndiaVotes is an outcome of our own
desire for accessible data on Indian elections. It was conceived because the world's
largest democracy deserves a participative democratic platform for electoral information."
Niti is an acronym for new initiatives to transform India and has been founded by
serial technology entrepreneur Rajesh Jain. Niti Digital has teams working in the digital
media space (NitiCentral.com [http://niticentral.com ]), on elections (IndiaVotes.com
[http://indiavotes.com ]) and in creating collaborative technology platforms for community
organising.
Rajesh Jain, MD of Niti Digital, said, "The combination of digital media, big data and
communications technology will help shape decision making in future Indian elections. Niti
Digital wants to be at the intersection of these streams. By making Indian election data
easily accessible to all, IndiaVotes is an important step in this direction."
IndiaVotes already has over 200 national
[http://www.indiavotes.com/nitipc/pcinfo?year 09&state=0 ] as well as state
[http://www.indiavotes.com/nitiac/acinfo?stateac`&yearac 12 ] elections data sets that
will be further enriched with inputs from users. Going ahead, voters will be able to add
information on issues affecting their constituency.
About Niti Digital
Niti Digital [http://www.nitidigital.com ] is a Mumbai-based media and technology
company. Niti stands for new initiatives for transforming India. Niti Digital operates
digital media properties and also provides technology, services and consulting for
socio-political organisations.
Niti Digital provides technology solutions to organisations in the socio-political
domain, addressing their needs for process automation and digital presence. Its digital
platform provides tools for volunteer management, collaboration, communication and online
community cultivation. Niti also provides services and consulting based on data and
analytics for decision making. Niti Digital owns and operates a set of online media
properties which includes sites offering news and current affairs, blogs, social media
communities, online video and audio channels.
Primary Media Contact: Veerchand Bothra, veer@nitidigital.com, 91-22-43662000
Niti Digital Pvt. Ltd
CONTACT: PRN
MUMBAI, November 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
IndiaVotes Already has Over 200 National as Well as State Elections Data Sets
Mumbai-based media and technology company Niti Digital [http://www.nitidigital.com ]
has announced the launch of IndiaVotes.com [http://www.indiavotes.com ], India's largest
public elections resource. It covers all Lok Sabha elections since 1952 and all state
elections since 1977. Much of the raw data for the site has been sourced from the public
domain and then processed to make it useful for analysis.
The idea behind making this data publicly accessible is to encourage data-driven
decision making in the political domain. Even though election data is available online, it
is not easily searchable or cannot be consumed in structured formats necessary for
analysis. IndiaVotes aims to become the open-source equivalent of election information in
India.
VeerChand Bothra, CEO of Niti Digital, said, "IndiaVotes is an outcome of our own
desire for accessible data on Indian elections. It was conceived because the world's
largest democracy deserves a participative democratic platform for electoral information."
Niti is an acronym for new initiatives to transform India and has been founded by
serial technology entrepreneur Rajesh Jain. Niti Digital has teams working in the digital
media space (NitiCentral.com [http://niticentral.com ]), on elections (IndiaVotes.com
[http://indiavotes.com ]) and in creating collaborative technology platforms for community
organising.
Rajesh Jain, MD of Niti Digital, said, "The combination of digital media, big data and
communications technology will help shape decision making in future Indian elections. Niti
Digital wants to be at the intersection of these streams. By making Indian election data
easily accessible to all, IndiaVotes is an important step in this direction."
IndiaVotes already has over 200 national
[http://www.indiavotes.com/nitipc/pcinfo?year 09&state=0 ] as well as state
[http://www.indiavotes.com/nitiac/acinfo?stateac`&yearac 12 ] elections data sets that
will be further enriched with inputs from users. Going ahead, voters will be able to add
information on issues affecting their constituency.
About Niti Digital
Niti Digital [http://www.nitidigital.com ] is a Mumbai-based media and technology
company. Niti stands for new initiatives for transforming India. Niti Digital operates
digital media properties and also provides technology, services and consulting for
socio-political organisations.
Niti Digital provides technology solutions to organisations in the socio-political
domain, addressing their needs for process automation and digital presence. Its digital
platform provides tools for volunteer management, collaboration, communication and online
community cultivation. Niti also provides services and consulting based on data and
analytics for decision making. Niti Digital owns and operates a set of online media
properties which includes sites offering news and current affairs, blogs, social media
communities, online video and audio channels.
Primary Media Contact: Veerchand Bothra, veer@nitidigital.com, 91-22-43662000
Niti Digital Pvt. Ltd
CONTACT: PRN