Vrunda Bansode

Entrepreneur at heart. Founder CEO, Prev- Partner, Sattva Consulting | Founded India Data Insights, Coding Lab, Cloud Mentor. A published writer.

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

India is becoming data rich. How well we use our ‘data richness’ may hold the key to economic riches too. For a country as large, complex and diverse as India, data unlocks the ability to frugally measure, and thus manage, the allocation of capital, resources and benefits.

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@TVMohandasPai @AmitShah No, it’s wrong data. Number of registered non-profits is 1/10th of what’s quoted here. Check out https://t.co/KUDJjuyTnN

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

If this ain’t @peakbengaluru I don’t know what is!! Wonderful work @harshilmathur 🙏

[Harshil Mathur @harshilmathur]

Weekend hack: Ejipura Flyover tracker 👇

Been following @Ejipuraflyover, but had no clue what’s happening where from the posts.

So built this in ~1 hour:

A map that:
• pins every photo on satellite view
• tracks all 65 piers by stage
• lets you literally watch the flyover get built over time

How:
~10% photos had GPS burnt in → used as anchors
rest = inferred via OCR + LLM from post text
193 tweets
101 photos mapped
2 years → visual timeline

Play with it: https://t.co/IQGQLUjLI1

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@dineshpaii @Rainmatterin Yes, absolutely! This needs to exist. And you find something, please share - I’m looking for a similar compliance assistant for nonprofits in India. Nonprofit compliance is even more tedious unfortunately!

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@Chikisarkar Same. The cute shopaholic creator is gone too soon 😔

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@alysha_lobo @akhi_jhawar All the best, Alysha 💥

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@alysha_lobo Go girl 🚀

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@aviralbhat . @niceorg is nurturing Indian cultural entrepreneurs- check out what they do

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@alysha_lobo Great to see this, @alysha_lobo , all the best!

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

Sounds about right

[Abhinav Kukreja @kukreja_abhinav]

Early stage entrepreneurship

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@Rukmini Congratulations to you and to the most wonderful team behind this stellar work, @Rukmini ! Love what you do, and looking forward to more!

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

Great to see this - hope other ministries adopt it and it becomes a standard across all govt stats

[Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation @GoIStats]

MoSPI has shared the National Metadata Structure (NMDS 2.0) with Ministries/Departments for implementation. The NMDS 2.0 is designed with the objective that data and information are uniformly represented, provide clarity on the data sources, collection methods and enhance discoverability of data sets. It is to bring in improved understanding of various data sets in public domain such as census, surveys, administrative and those from other sources. @GoIStats regularly interacts with the Statistical Advisors of Ministries/Departments on various issues, including the NMDS 2.0
https://t.co/8vS2iBBAGI

#DataForDevelopment #DataForAll #EaseOfData

@Rao_InderjitS @_saurabhgarg @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @PIB_India @PibMospi @mygovindia

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@SudeshnaShome @speakingtiger14 Congratulations Sudeshna!

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@drrbalu @mlrlitfest @CaptBrijesh Congratulations Sir!

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@Rukmini You and the team are doing some fabulous work @Rukmini @dataforin I always look forward to reading your newsletters

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

And here’s my take on it -

https://t.co/lUdAMVpYkB

Even today, when work gets tough i get through it visualising and playing in my head a solid tennis smash!! 🎾

[Grace Walker @graceongrid]

I think about this stat at least once a week.

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@alysha_lobo Wish you a happy new year ahead, Alysha ❤️

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

While reading this story, I was reminded of the time when I stumbled into a room on Clubhouse app (!!) where onion farmers from Nashik were strategising stock release looking at wholesale domestic & import prices & stock situation. Smart folks!
@sayantanbera

[Sayantan Bera @sayantanbera]

Maharashtra’s struggling farmers have made headlines for committing suicide. But a group of grape growers from Nashik helped put the state on the global map. This is their story @livemint
https://t.co/Gwug5r5KR3

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

Superb story, @sayantanbera , thank you! Having lived in Nashik, I can attest to the transformation grapes brought :)
As we say at @_sattva - impact is everybody’s business! More power to the farmers and their ecosystem 🙌

[Sayantan Bera @sayantanbera]

Maharashtra’s struggling farmers have made headlines for committing suicide. But a group of grape growers from Nashik helped put the state on the global map. This is their story @livemint
https://t.co/Gwug5r5KR3

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

@amitranjan @JauntHQ Awesome! Congratulations @amitranjan wish you and the team all the best 👍

[Vrunda Bansode @Vrundabansode]

Such an amazing and impactful model of civic participation and citizen action - kudos @WFRising, and thanks for sharing the experiences @zibijamal

[zibi @zibijamal]

A first for me, an hour long conversation with @tweetenator, host of @OoruLabs which dives into the nitty gritties of urban issues that has a profound impact on our daily lived experiences but strangely is not top of mind for most.

Are we doomed to stay caught in the traffic jams, breathe the polluted air or are there things we can do to bring the community together and usher in the change we want to see?

Listen in to experiences of a decade from the middle and the sidelines of civic participation in Bengaluru, a city we all love to call home.

Thank you Sathya!