India Ascending: From Digital Infrastructure to Intelligent Governance

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Speakers in this video:
• Archana Shivhare, Inspector General, Central Reserve Police Force
• Dr Saumya Mishra, DG – Prisons, Government of Telangana
• Ravi Gupta, Executive Vice Chairman and Director General, Centre for Good Governance (CGG), Government of Telangana

Topic: India Ascending: From Digital Infrastructure to Intelligent Governance

Key Highlights:
[1] Archana Shivhare, Inspector General, Central Reserve Police Force:

• Gujarat Police digital transformation: Successful shift from paper registers to online FIRs and investigation records, contributing to consecutive NCRB Best Practices Awards.

• Field-ready mobile apps: Deployment of mobile applications giving officers instant access to vehicle, suspect, and FIR data—reducing unlawful detentions and improving on-road identification.

• Data quality & hygiene challenge: Repeated emphasis that AI/predictive policing effectiveness depends on accurate, up-to-date, and well-structured data (photos, text, vehicle/chassis IDs).

• Cost, procurement & localization issues: High technology costs, L1 procurement constraints, language/text challenges (Gujarati FIRs), and the need for...

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