At Social Cops, we disrupt the traditional data collection methods by empowering local youth and our non profit partners with smart phones thereby making the process cost-effective, faster, and efficient. Please find attached a detailed note on our work. Our methods of data collection & monitoring are expected to reduce 50% time & more than 100% of costs for data collection processes. We work with partners such as the Digital Empowerment Foundation, RoSES and corporate CSR wings such as Hindustan Unilever to create impact in the grassroots through smart data.

1. Field Data Collection
One Mobile At A Time
www.socialcops.org

2. High Costs Long Duration Middle Men
Every household survey of
5000 users involves
12 Trees 1000 Gallons
10000
Gallons
It also consumes
Source:
datadyne.com

3. We disrupt the traditional data collection
methods by empowering local youth & our
partner networks with low cost smart phones
Reduce Costs
by 120%
Reduce Time
By 50%
Increase Efficiency
by 100%

4. Mobile as a data collection tool
Reliable &
Secure
Cost Effective
Faster &
Efficient
Real Time Data
Tracking

5. 5 Steps To Revolutionize Your
Data Collection Process

6. Create your
survey
questionnaire
on your
computer
Login to the
app on your
phone –
survey is
ready to go!
Take the
survey on the
ground via
mobile
View all
incoming
data on web
at any given
time
Download
excel reports
and view live
analytics

7. Repository of
Questions
Multiple Question
Types
Add/ Edit
Questions
Step 1:Create Survey

8. MCQ
Questions
Subjective
Questions
Pop up
Calendar
Scale Type
Questions
Step 2: Send Survey to Mobile

9. Step 3: Take Survey
Our system works in the remotest parts of our country
where internet connection is unreliable. Collect data
offline & sync later
Surveyors
can
track
surveys
using
our
widget
Offline Data Collection
Build Higher Accountability
Location Tracking
System flags when user takes a survey outside of survey
area limit
Time Tracking
System flags when user takes exponentially longer time
to take a survey than average
Photo Verification
Add a layer of picture to survey to increase the security
and quality of data

10. Important
Information
Interactive
Data Display
Track your
surveyors
Step 4: View Data &Analytics

11. Important
Informa:on
Interac:ve
Data
Display
Track
your
surveyors
Step 5: Manage Surveys/Download Reports
Download
Report
Start/Stop
Survey

12. Challenges Our Platform Expected Results
• Basic household survey of
5000 users cost approx. INR
70/survey
We provide mobile based
data collection with a web
dash board for managing the
survey on an on going basis.
Our partners can create
survey with various question
types and look at the
incoming data and analytics
real time.
We also provide offline data
collection with geo-tagging
and photo capture features.
• Our methodology of survey
reduces this cost to
approx. INR 30/survey
• It takes about 1 full month
to complete a survey of
5000 households
• Surveying Time will be
reduced by approximately
50%
• The data is available only
at the end of survey and
can be compiled only
then.
• Real Time Detailed
analytics and reports are
available to you at all
points of time
• Multiple human
interventions are involved
decreasing efficiency
• Efficiency of data
collection/monitoring will
increase by 100%
The Competitive Advantage

13. How
can
you
leverage
the
Social
Cops
pla6orm?
Collect field data through
our smart phone based
data collection tool
Keep this data updated by
interacting continuously with
your people via call/SMS
Move all your data from
papers and excel sheets
online – Digitize
Use our data station to
visualize your data using
interactive maps and graphs

14. THANK YOU
www.socialcops.org
www.fb.com/socialcops
@Social_Cops
Would you like to change the way you collect data? – Talk to us!
Vikas Plakkot
+91 9971792758
vikas@sociacops.org

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Appendix B: Press and Media

16. Appendix C: Who We Work With

17. Appendix D: Awards & Accolades

18. 18
Anurag Banerjee
Managing Director, Jana
Engages 3.48 billion customers
through mobile in 102 countries
Carol Sanford
Innovation Coach, Google
Award winning Author,
Thought Leader
Bernise Ang
Founder, SYINC
Woman of the Year 2011
(Singapore)
Office of Advisor to Prime
Minister, Public
Information Infrastructure
& Innovations
Appendix E : Advisors