The programme is intended for mid-level officers from Central Ministries and State Departments, who are engaged in policy formulation, programme implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, with a focus on leveraging data for governance. It will particularly benefit officials from statistics, planning, IT/e-governance, monitoring and evaluation units, and research and policy analysis divisions, as well as nodal officers managing data-driven initiatives under flagship schemes. The course is also relevant for technical and functional leads involved in data collection, integration, warehousing, analytics, and the application of business intelligence and AI/ML tools for predictive and evidence-based governance.