Context:
The National Statistical Office (NSO), in collaboration with the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education (MoE), launched a Grand Challenge titled “Statathon – A Data Journey Towards Viksit Bharat”. The initiative seeks to harness the power of emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to modernize India’s official statistics infrastructure.
Organised under MoSPI’s Data Innovation Lab (DI Lab) initiative, this national-level competition commemorates 75 years of the National Sample Survey (NSS).
Objectives and Vision
- Promote innovation in India’s statistical data systems.
- Encourage student and researcher participation to solve real-world data challenges.
- Leverage AI and frontier technologies to improve data collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination.
- Support the Viksit Bharat vision through digital public goods and citizen-focused data innovation.
