The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in collaboration with MyGov, is set to launch an exciting data-visualization hackathon titled "Innovate with GoIStats", centered around the theme “Data-Driven Insights for Viksit Bharat”. The hackathon aims to inspire India’s young and brightest minds – students and researchers to utilize the vast official statistics generated by the National Statistics Office (NSO) for creating innovative data driven insights.

The hackathon will invite participants to explore and analyse official statistics from the reports, microdata and other datasets available on the website of the Ministry, such as the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (HCES), Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and more to create impactful visualizations to support evidence-based policymaking in the journey towards Viksit Bharat. Participants can gain hands-on experience with official statistics while creating a stronger foundation for data-driven policy insights.

The Hackathon will take place on the MyGov platform, from 25th February 2025 to 31st March 2025. Students pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate or doing research can participate. The top 30 entries, selected by a panel of expert evaluators from the industry and academia will get prize money, with one first prize of ₹2 Lakhs, followed by two second prizes of ₹1 Lakh each, two third prizes of ₹50,000 each and twenty-five consolation prizes of ₹20,000 each.

Participate in ‘Innovate with GoIStats’ - where data meets vision.

For more information and to register, please visit the link:

https://innovateindia.mygov.in/goistats

Data-driven hackathon promotes use of official statistics for policy-focused visualizations, open to students and researchers. MoSPI, with MyGov, is launching the 'Innovate with GoIStats' data-visualization hackathon (25 February-31 March 2025) to prompt students and researchers to analyse NSO official statistics-including PLFS, HCES, ASI, CPI and GDP-and produce visualizations to support evidence-based policymaking. Eligibility is limited to undergraduate, postgraduate students and researchers; a panel of expert evaluators will select the top 30 entries for prizes and emphasize practical engagement with microdata and official datasets. Registration is via the MyGov link.