OpenCity.in, on April 1st 2023, organised a datajam at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore to analyse data of various sectors-education, civic participation, and mobility-for all the 28 Bengaluru Assembly constituencies. The event brought together participants from diverse backgrounds, including urban designers, policy wonks, GIS experts, developers, data scientists, and more. This article highlights the team's findings in education. Problem statement How many students are there per constituency population? Are there enough staff and facilities in the schools to serve these students? Background We started out by asking basic questions on what constitutes education and the basic infrastructure needed…
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Kanish Debnath is an associate professor at RV University, Bengaluru. He has a combined work experience of more than nine years, including industry and academia. At RV University he is also the Director of the Centre for Human Insights that aims to be an eminent centre in Business Analytics and work as an interface between business, academia, government, and society for the application of analytical solutions to new problems. He works and is deeply interested in topics in the social sector.