Civic Innovation Foundation ‘Civis’ – Social Entrepreneurship

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Civic Innovation Foundation ‘Civis’

Strengthening policy decisions through citizen participation

Headquarters

Maharashtra

Thematic area

Democracy and Governance

Region(s) of work

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, The Government of NCT of Delhi, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Company Size

Sub-Theme(s)

Policy, Technology

About the Organization

Civis believes that laws that are made for communities, should be made by communities. They gather public feedback on draft laws and policies and share this feedback with the government – to create better laws, that meet the felt needs of the citizens.

Active Founder(s)

Antaraa Vasudev An experimenter in the civic-technology space, Antaraa Vasudev is the Founder of Civis, a non-profit platform which works to enable effective dialogue between Governments and citizens, on draft laws and policies. She has previously worked at the international non-profit Asia Society, where she handled policy related public education programmes and Track-II dialogues between Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers and Kevin Rudd (Former Prime Minister of Australia). In addition to her work at Asia Society, she volunteered for the global civic-technology platform Democracy.Earth. She started her career understanding how technology can drive civic engagement at Niti Digital. She is driven to help build trust between citizens and government through the use of technology, and is a part of Forbes' Asia 30 Under 30 Class of 2021. You can reach her on Twitter at: @AntaraaVasudev