JOIN USA census workstation of the Office of the Registrar General, India, New Delhi, Union Ministry of Home Affairs, has been set up at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).
“Analytics and big-data is one of the primary research areas of IIMB and this association with the Office of the Registrar General will further strengthen the analytics and big-data research focus at IIMB,” said Professor U Dinesh Kumar, Chairperson, Data Centre and Analytics Lab.
An IIMB press release said the objective is to permit qualified researchers an optimum use of anonymized micro-data from census for in-depth research by allowing access for generating cross-tabulations which are not published by the Census. “ An in-depth study might also contribute towards using improved methodology of data collection during census as well as identifying strengths and weaknesses of the micro-data,” the release said.
The workstation will be equipped with facilities for research on confidential micro-data from 2001 and 2011 Census and will be open to all. It will be inaugurated by Deepak Rastogi, Addl Registrar General, on Friday at 12:30 pm.