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LIRNEasia big data team lead to talk at IDRC India

Posted on October 28, 2015  /  1 Comments

As part of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) distinguished lecture series, Sriganesh Lokanathan, Team Leader- Big Data Research at LIRNEasia will be giving a talk in Delhi (Ramalingaswami Conference Hall, International Development Research Centre, 208 Jor Bagh, New Delhi 110003) on Monday, 2nd November 2015. Sriganesh will be speaking on the topic of “Leveraging mobile network big data for developmental policy: opportunities & challenges.”

Anyone who wishes to attend should RSVP to Pratibha Shukla – email pshukla@idrc.ca or call +91-11-2461 9411 (extn: 7406)

Program:

11.00 am        Welcome and introductions: Dr. Anindya Chatterjee, Asia Regional Director, IDRC

11.05 am        Talk  by Mr Sriganesh Lokanathan, Team Leader, Big Data Research, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka

11.40 am        Discussions and Q & A

12.15 pm        Closing remarks: Phet Sayo, Senior Program Officer, IDRC

 

1 Comment

  1. Amber Sinha

    Hi,

    I would like to attend.

    Best,
    Amber

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