The “Better Reporting on Food and Agriculture” course will aim to provide an understanding of the broad aspects around the state of agriculture in India, an overview of relevant food and agriculture policies in India, insight on the various initiatives introduced by the government around and supporting the agriculture activities. The course will also provide an in-depth understanding of the India Data Portal (www.indiadataportal.com), for participants to conveniently navigate through the portal to orient themselves to be able to read and develop unique data sets, independently. Lastly, the course will provide imperative insights on visualizations, as well as on interpreting data.

This course is aimed at improving discourse on food and agriculture and also helping experts navigate through the India Data Portal which is a one-stop destination for open-access data on agriculture, rural development, and financial inclusion in India.

Participants will be trained by Prof. Ashwini Chhatre, Executive Director of Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business; Prof. Sripad K Devalkar, Associate Prof., Operations Management, Indian School of Business; Prof Sukhpal Singh, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Visiting Faculty – Advanced Management Program in Public Policy, Indian School of Business; Deepti Soni, Communications Lead at Bharti Institute Of Public Policy, Indian School of Business; Shreehari Paliath, Policy Analyst, IndiaSpend and Rasagy Sharma, Principal Information Designer, Gramener.

Participants can register and access online classes that one can set according to one’s own pace. On successful completion of the course, participants will receive a certification in “Better Reporting on Food and Agriculture”.