Dhairya Dand
2008-2009
– An e+m-Governance venture for rural citizens in India.
Lokshahi facilitates citizens to lodge complains, monitor complain status and prioritize community complaints using SMS on low-cost mobile devices. The platform is designed for rural citizens and works in vernacular languages. The government officials and citizens can also access the platform on the web. An appreciation-based incentive mechanism is built-in for well-performing government officials.
role: Conceptualization, User Research, Interaction Design, Platform Architect, Software Development.
skills: Java – J2EE, WAS, DB/2, algorithms for rankings, frontend development.
+ Platform deployed in Solapur, India – a constituency with 200,000 rural citizens.
+ Entire platform is open-sourced. 24 man-months effort.
+ Won the highly competitive IBM The Great Mind Challenge 2009 award amongst 13,000 teams.
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