NIC conducted one Day Workshop on October 5, 2012 for implementation of National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP). Nodal officers (Data Controllers) of several ministries and departments were invited. A briefing on the NDSAP policy and a walk through of the portal and workflow for submission of data was provided during this workshop. Data Portal, India has been set up at http://www.data.gov.in with workflow based backend, to enable publishing of datasets by Data Controllers. These datasets would essentially relate to various ministries and government departments. The workshop started with a welcome address by Director General of NIC and a keynote address by Secretary, DeitY. An overview was given on Open Data policy followed by its importance and its implementation steps. In using this open source method of development, the Open Government Platform (OGPL) community will provide future technology enhancements, open government solutions, and community-based technical support. Through this medium, government will be able to engage in social media and can react to public reaction on issues of public interest. Dr. R Siva Kumar from Department of Science & Technology presented the experience of the department, and the current usage. Ms. Neeta Verma (Sr. TD, NIC) mentioned that the datasets on Open Data can be used, re-used and re-distributed. The data formats used are independent and does not require proprietary software. The portal was showcased and the various features which were user friendly and how it would enable greater participation from general public were put forth. She indicated that there were already close to 70 unique requests for data that were received in just less than 10 days, which depicts the interest shown to this initiative by general public. The workshop also involved the presentations by data controllers, Dr. L. Harendupralkash from Department of Earth Sciences, and Sh. P.C. Mohanan from Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ms. Madhuri Sharma, Dr. Harendupralkash, Shri. Mohanan, Ms. Madhuri Sharma, It was followed by a walk through on publishing of datasets on Data Portal by Ms. Alka Mishra & Mr D.P. Mishra from NIC. Ms. Verma also discussed NDSAP policy and formation of NDSAP cells under the controllers of each ministry, department. Later, the workshop was opened for the panel discussion on NDSAP Implementation Methodology by DG (NIC), Head (NSDI, DST), DDG (MoSPI) and several others.