<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)">Greetings from IIC!</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)">India International Centre (IIC) is organizing <b>a National Conclave on “Data for Development: Actionable Data for Actionable Insights” </b>Scheduled on <b>January 31, 2023, </b>wherein we plan brainstorming session on various contours of Data for Development.<br><b><br></b>Data is the key component in today’s data-driven knowledge-based society.    Qualitative development data is the foundation for meaningful policy-making, efficient resource allocation, and effective public service delivery. Today our major challenges reside in the analysis of vast quantities of heterogeneous data from multiple sources. Working with data along all aspects of the development data value chain, from collection, to data management, stewardship, and analysis, while balancing data profusion with data protection becomes imperative. <a name="m_4488233576488160774_m_6115274492098721994__Hlk124157658" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">To examine these developments from a global perspective, the proposed conclave is envisaged to facilitate interaction with the experts from across the domains with an aim to chart a roadmap suitable for the Indian ecosystem to guide the further course of action on the Data ecosystem for development.</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)">Our objective is to connect all segments of the society including</span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">researchers, </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";font-size:12pt">information specialists, and librarians to partake in the knowledge sharing sessions on the above theme and key takeaways thereof on various connected issues.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)"> </span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br>Please confirm your participation to  Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi on </span><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="mailto:iic.nationalconclave2023@gmail.com" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">iic.nationalconclave2023@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:rgb(32,33,36)">, +91-11-24609361, 24609306, 24609312</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Looking forward to your participation on January 31, 2023 at 3 pm at Seminar Hall 1,2,3, Kamladevi Complex, IIC.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Warm regards,</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Usha Mujoo Munshi</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Chief Librarian</span></p><font color="#888888"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0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