The Centre of Public Policy (CPP) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) hosted a book discussion on 13th August on the book,’Data Sovereignty: The Pursuit of Supremacy’, co-authored by Lt. Gen. D.B. Shekatkar (retd.), Lt. Gen. V.M. Patil (retd.), Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia (retd.), and Lt. Gen. Vinod Khandare (retd.), Jayadev Ranade, Bharat Panchal, and Vinit Goenka.
Prof. Hema Swaminathan, Chair, Centre for Public Policy, addresses the gathering at the discussion of the book, ‘Data Sovereignty – The Pursuit of Supremacy’, at IIMB, on August 14, 2019.
Professor Hema Swaminathan, Chair, Centre for Public Policy, said: “The Centre was established in 2000. It aspires to lead policy-thinking and praxis in India, promoting equitable, inclusive and sustainable solutions to the concerns of citizens and public governance. Its strong evidence-based research has focused on government innovations, regulation, policy-making, administrative and organizational reform, public-private partnerships, and IT in government.”
Vinit Goenka, member of the Governing Council of Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS), and one of the co-authors, at the discussion on the book,‘Data Sovereignty – The Pursuit of Supremacy’.
Vinit Goenka, member of the Governing Council of Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) and a co-author of the book, highlighted the crux of the book. He said, “Over the last two years, we had 19 systematic interactions with bankers, journalists, students, senior officers, and people from different domains. There are 1.3 billion people in India who generate a lot of data every day. Somebody from anywhere in the world can capture this data and use it against us. Hence, to curb this situation, we have put forth several recommendations in the book.”
Gaurav Shukla, founder of Talent Bridge, also one of the co-authors of the book, at the event.
Gaurav Shukla, the founder of Talent Bridge, spoke about data theft and presented his views on the book that deals with data privacy.
Lt. Gen. V.M. Patil (retd.), one of the co-authors of the book, addresses the gathering.
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Dignitaries at the book launch ceremony.
