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CONFERENCE REPORT

INDIA EXPO CENTRE AND MART, GREATER NOIDA

INDIA 20161 - 3 , M A R C H , 2 0 1 6

GeoSmart India 2016

Our Partners

Punjab Remote Sensing Centre

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| Co-sponsors |

| Gold Sponsors |

| Strategic Partners |

| Programme Partners |

| Silver Sponsors |

| Supporting Organisations |

| Media Partners |

| Knowledge Partner | | Co-organisers | | Organiser |

| Government Partners |

Survey of India

Survey Department Govt. of Nepal

Survey of Bangladesh

WORLDGEOSPATIAL

Department of Electronics &Information Technology

Government of India

Soil & Land Use Survey of India Government of India

Department of Science and Technology Government of India

Ministry of Earth Sciences Government of India

Department of Land Resources Government of India

Ministry of Water Resources River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Government of India

Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre

Orissa Space Applications Center

Haryana Space Applications Centre

Forest Survery of India

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Our Exhibitors

Department of Science & Technology Government of India

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Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

Ministry of Earth Sciences Government of India

Orissa Space Applications Center

SECON Soil & Land Use Survey of India

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GeoSmart India 2016 at a glance

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Media Coverage

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Testimonials

We are overwhelmed by the business enquiries that we got in these three days and you guys have given my Sales staff a very busy year ahead! Thank you and your team for this good show, keep it up and we will always be associated in future too.

Sajid Mukhtar Managing Director, Ansari Precision

It was a pleasure to attend such a conference, where we got the opportunity to gain knowledge through sessions, networking and exhibition.

Atri Shaw Manager, RS & GIS, IORA Ecological Solutions

It was an excellent experience for me and gained lot of ex-perience about geospatial. Hope to join you in next events of yours.

Hoping for more interaction in future. Thanks for bringing an opportunity to join a good event.

It was a well organized and focused Meet on specific themes. It was a pleasure to be there and had a chance to meet all present and past colleagues of ISRO.

This Conference gave a good opportunity of networking and I visited all the exhibition stalls. I look forward to future association.

VV Sadamate Agriculture Extension specialist and Former Advisor Agriculture, Planning Commission, Govt of India

I enjoyed every bit of the forum. Thematic discussions were very good. As an urban planner I enjoyed the forums on land management, smart city , infrastructure and the city etc. I enjoyed every bit and gained good knowledge. The proposal to have a geo-spatial forum for the SAARC countries is an excellent idea that will provide a platform for the professional group, policy makers and even the politicians can be taken on board. We can really exchange our professional achievements in such forums. I appreciate the idea and I feel that the vast experience of India can be shared to all other countries.

Meghraj Adhikari Specialist (Urban Planning), Dept of Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan

Dr. Kusum Lata Associate Professor (Urban & Regional Planning), Centre for Urban Studies, Indian Institute of Public Administration

Dr. A. Senthil Kumar Director, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO)

It was a nice platform to interact with many leading industries associated with utilization of geomatics for societal benefits, applications and development

N.S.Mehta Secretary, Indian Society of Geomatics

The conference was great. I enjoyed and learned a lot including some networking

Ajay Pradhan Chairman, Institution of Water & Enviornment India

Brig Gen Syeed Anwar Chief Engineer, Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh

Rajeev Sharma Principal Consultant, IBU - TITL CTO | I5 Labs, Tech Mahindra

The issues covered were most topical and relevant to the current developments in the area. The format did provide interface with the audience opening the topics for detailed debate and thereby arriving at logical follow up. Moder-ation by the Chairs was excellent. Interactions with the senior administrators from the Ministries and the partici-pants was a very good feature as it provided opportunities for understanding the policy options being pursued by the government to boost development efforts. The exhibition of technologies and products in the Exhibition by national and international agencies was outstanding, covering almost all the sectoral range and the pertinent current developments therein.

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LEADERSHIP AWARDS: WINNERS

EXCELLENCE AWARDS: WINNERS

10. Young Geospatial Scientist 2015 award and Rachapudi Kamakshi Memorial Gold Medal: Shilpa R

Category Winner

1. Life Time Achievement Maj Gen (Dr) R Siva Kumar, President IIC Technologies

2. Geospatial Business Leader - 2015

Rakesh Verma, Managing Director, MapmyIndia

3. Making a Difference Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation

4. The Leading Geospatial State – 2015

Rajasthan

5. Capacity Development in Geospatial Technology and Applications

Bhaskaracharya Institute For Space Applications and Geo-Informatics

Category Winner(s) Project

6. Application of Urban Planning and Smart Cities

Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) under

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (DMICDC)

And AECOM India Pvt. Ltd

GIS for urban planning

7. Application of Geospatial Technology in Defence

Indian ArmyIntegration of engineering support plan with GIS during armed operations

8. Application of Geospatial Technology in Dairy Farming

National Dairy Development BoardInternet Based Dairy Geographical Information System

9. Application of Geospatial Technology in Governance

Punjab Remote Sensing Centre 3G approach for Governance

India Geospatial Excellence Awards

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March 1-3, 2016 hosted two of South Asia’s two biggest geospatial conferences — GeoSmart India 2016 and GeoIntelligence Asia 2016. The three-day event saw representation from the government departments, private users, academia and researchers, policy makers, administrators and geospatial technology providers attending the plenary sessions, meetings, product demos and presentations. Business leaders from across the globe capitalized on the common forum to discuss and deliberate some of the most challenging issues, new areas and upcoming technologies with stakeholders

INTRODUCTION

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who are engaged in implementing these projects. The interactive conference also witnessed several roundtable discussions, one to one meetings, group discussions and networking.

Developing cost-effective geospatial-based solutions, using geospatial technology for governance, geospatial for job creation; a stronger collaboration between government and private sector for development of applications were the call of the hour.

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OPENING The Inaugural session brought together luminaries from the

geospatial domain to share their vision about the trends

and opportunities ahead for geospatial technology in India.

SESSION

BVR MOHAN REDDY Chairman, NASSCOM and Executive Chairman, Cyient

“Disruptive technologies, like drones, automation, Internet of Things (IOT) etc., will provide tremendous impetus to the ge-ospatial industry in the coming years and further accelerate geospatial to become mainstream. Almost 70% of the Indian IT industry has its revenue from outside and there is need to focus on the Indian market now. There is a need for a clear cut national geospatial policy and need for open data and systems, more focus on public-private partnerships.”

STEVE BERGLUND CEO, TRIMBLE

“India presents tremendous growth and opportunity for GIS market. There has been a paradigm shift in technology application in sectors like construction, agriculture, health. With the emphasis of the Union Budget on agriculture, linking agriculture with GIS is an important step. Agriculture indus-try is employing geospatial tech for precision agriculture like never before.”

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SANJAY KUMAR Chief Executive Officer Geospatial Media and Communications

“The brand name of the conference has been changed from India Geospatial Forum to GeoSmart India to align and connect with the changing and evolving journey of our industry. This change is very important because India as a nation is transforming and growing. This also comes at a time when several studies around the world have started pinning to assess the value of geospatial information and technologies across GDP of several nations.”

KK SINGH Founder Chairman & CEO, Rolta Group

“There is a need for a change in the highly restrictive map-ping policies. There is also need for more engagement in the private industry and PPP initiatives, which would boost the uptake of geospatial further in every field. As the govt is taking measures to involve and implement GIS technology in every sphere, GIS is helping mainstream IT, health sector, dish and net services. GIS is also helping in the expansion of cloud-based market. “

KIRAN KUMAR Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation

“There is an enormous opportunity in our country, but in order to yield it, we must train people in remote areas. People should understand that technology takes some time to provide solutions. Today we are coming to an understanding with the benefits of the technology. This gives out message to people responsible for governance, that if they don’t do well, they will go out.”

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Geosmart Infrastructure

The Plenary Session “GeoSmart Infrastructure” brought together experts elaborating on the advancements in geospatial technologies facilitating efficiencies across the entire lifecycle of infrastructure project management

Plenary Session 1

DR. PREM JAIN Chairman, AECOM India

Dr Prem Jain talked about green buildings and sustainable infrastructure initiatives. Stressing on the need for recycling, he suggested that green infrastructure is a solution for future smart cities’ sustainability.

GREG BENTLEY CEO, Bentley Systems

Greg Bentley introduced "Reality Modeling." He also shed light on software enabled costing of the project to test the feasibility - to "conceptioneer" the project.

BENG CHIEH QUAH Director - Marketing, FARO

Showing the significance of LiDAR system, Beng Chieh Quah, said, it can bring in huge benefits and cost savings in archaeology conser-vation documentation. He said laser scanning is playing key role in construction modelling in the context of BIM.

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Geosmart Enterprises

The Plenary Session “GeoSmart Enterprises” brought forth the value of geospatial technology for enterprises to enhance their capabilities towards the nation’s development, evolving new work methods to enhance their processes, workflows, efficiencies and services

Plenary Session 2

MLADEN STOJIC President, Hexagon Geospatial

Mladen Stojic, President, Hexagon Geospatial, spoke about how the map of the future is fresh; provides answers; is portable; makes sense; and is not a map. “The map is not the end; it’s a means to the end,” he said. Stojic then detailed the features of the Hexagon Smart M.App, a Cloud application, which is a culmination of content, work-flow, analytics and experience.

DR KUMAR NAVULUR Senior Director – Strategic Programs, DigitalGlobe

Dr Kumar Navulur talked about how location intelligence can be enabled with satellite technologies. “Whatever happens somewhere in the world will manifest itself in the terms of context — that context can be local, national or international.” Navulur also explained that DigitalGlobe is striving to create a living digital inventory of the plan-et. “This is about taking rich data and making it accessible, so that the technology is not the focus anymore. We need to focus on consumer experience instead.”

DR VK DHADWAL Director, National Remote Sensing Centre

Dr Dhadwal briefed the audience about his organization’s campus activities and earth observation missions.

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The initiatives by SERVIR (A joint development initiative of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and United States Agency for International Development) for geospatial capacity building in South Asia , with an emphasis on linking science, policy and practice. Mountain development challenges being addressed include adaptation to change and livelihood options, disaster risk management and response, integrated river basin management, transboundary landscapes conservation, monitoring cryosphere and atmosphere. The ways to address these challenges include Improve access to data, tools, model and online mapping and visualization; Strengthen capacity of regional stakeholders and youths; Create user-tailored decision support

DELIBERATIONS

PRESENTERS

Basantha Shreshtha Director Strategic Cooperation International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal

Birendra Bajracharya GIS Specialist, ICIMOD, Nepal

Krishna Raj BC Director General, Survey Dept of Nepal

John Whitehead Sales Director, Asia Pacific, Trimble

Dr PG Diwakar Deputy Director, Remote Sensing Applications Area, National Remote Sensing Centre, India

Raghu Ganeshan President, Avineon India

Dr Zaffar S Mohamed-Ghouse Director-International Relations,

CRC for Spatial Information, Under the Department of Science, Industry & Innovation, Australia

Vikrant Joshi AVP, ADCC Infocad

Pushpa Gamage Director, Urban Development Authority, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Meghraj Adhikari Specialist (Urban Planning), Dept of Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan

Dr PG Diwakar Deputy Director, Remote Sensing Applications Area, National Remote Sensing Centre, India

Srinibas Patnaik Senior Director – Business Development, SAARC Region, DigitalGlobe

Yeshi Dorji Head-Land Registry, Bhutan Land Commission

Ashish Arora Senior Consultant-Enterprise Solutions, Hexagon Geospatial

H. Hemanth Kumar Principal Investigator, Karnataka State Spatial Data Infrastructure Programme, India

Brigadier General Md Syeed Anwarul Islam Chief Engineer, Dhaka North City Corporation

Dr Shahnawaz Director - South & SE Asia, UNIGIS, Austria

Dr. S.C. Kar Scientist-G , National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, India

tools and information services; Foster regional cooperation and build international partnerships

The priorities for SERVIR Hindukush-Himalayan Region (SERVIR HKR) Phase 2 are: Food Security and Agriculture; Water, Weather, and Disasters; Ecosystems, Land Use and Land Cover; Special emphasis on User engagement, Capacity building, M&E and Gender

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) has a strong collaboration with Sri Lanka and Nepal. Bhuvan is being used as a shared geospatial infrastructure between regions.

The technologies that can transform the region’s utilization of and benefit from geospatial information include geodetic Infrastructure & GNSS, and imaging Technologies

incorporated into the surveying and mapping work flow

Government of Nepal has formed a high level “National Reconstruction Authority” for reconstruction of the earthquake affected areas. The role of Survey department has increased with providing updated and reliable geospatial information to optimize the development investments and planning of infrastructures.

A new Federal constitution has recently been promulgated in Nepal on September 20, 2015. For better plan and effective implementation of Federal, Provincial and Local structures and its boundary demarcation, the role of Survey Department is vital among others.

Spatial Data Infrastructure is one of the effective geospatial data

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delivery system. Key components to spatial data delivery include technology, people, process and data.

ADCC Infocad’s automated DCR system helps in expediting the process of getting multiple govt departments’ sanctions. The building plan approval system developed by ADCC helps in taking complex decisions easily. The system automates the planning process; single window facility for approval process; CAD scrutiny engine that manages workflow; etc.

Bhutan is trying to address urbanisation via Gross National Happiness (GNH), which is being attempted in four parts that are described as four pillars of GNH. They are good governance, sustainable socio-economic development, cultural

preservation, and environmental conservation.

National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) has undertaken a number of initiatives in facilitating regional cooperation regarding weather services and specialized forecasts in the region. NCMRWF weather and climate products are transitioning to geospatial format to meet the Demands of products in geo-referenced format; Create a consistent data format/archive that is useful by all organizations; and Enable more accurate and timely weather and climate assessment using value added information

Spatial Planning Act is being initiated in the Parliament in Bhutan for better urban planning

Western Province of Sri Lanka with Colombo district aims to

create and introduce a web-based spatial database management system to promote, to implement and to facilitate professionals as well as general public to become a part and parcel of future Smart city. Its strategies for the same include introducing usage of new technologies especially geo-spatial technologies; creating geospatial database; introducing geospatial database system into real world application; facilitating Web enabling data updating and monitoring; customizing database; and capacity Building

Envision Precinct Tool, used in urban planning in several city councils in Australia and New Zealand, will be developed shortly in a web-enabled open source environment.

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Geosmart Infrastructure & Smart Cities

PRESENTERS

Chris Gibson Vice President, Trimble, USA

Shafik Jiwani EVP, GIS/Mapping – EMEA, Rolta International Inc., UAE

Pratap Padode Founder & Director, Smart Cities Council India

Willy Govender CEO, Dataworld, South Africa

Stuart Woods Vice President, Geospatial Solutions Division, Leica Geosystems AG, Switzerland

Atanu Pattanayak Managing Director –South Asia, Bentley Systems

Fumio Nohara President, Nikken Sekkei Research Institute, Japan

David Hickman Head of International Business Development - Government, Thomson Reuters, USA

AK Gosain Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Seema Joshi Sr. Division Head - Strategic Presales & Technology Solutions, Esri India

Vineet Kumar Pangtey IFS, Additional Chief Executive Officer, Bhagirathi River Valley Development Authority

Punit Ahuja Managing Director, Intec Infra-Technologies

Ankit Revo Head – BIM Solutions & Delivery, Global Design Centre, Atkins

Sujay Chokshi GIS Manager, Adani Ports

Madhuri Kumari Head-Dept of Civil Engg, Amity University

Shishir Verma Vice President, MapmyIndia

Abhay Khimmatkar Joint Managing Director, ADCC Infocad

Mark Freeburn Chief Executive Officer, AAM Pty Ltd, Australia

Sunil Kumar Makkena Sr. Vice President-Data, Network and Operations, Cyient

Ravi Kumar OSD (NAINA), City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO)

Kai Lehtinen General Manager - Energy & Public Administration, Trimble Navigation

Dr Wei Sun International Marketing Director, Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology, China

Kanwaldeep Singh Kahlon Head-Strategy Planning, Geokno India

Amitabh Kundu Senior Fellow Delhi Policy Group & Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development

Vinod Ninan Associate Director, Rolta India

Gautam Narayan Associate Director - Urban Practice, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited

Pritam M Fluentgrid Limited (Formerly Phoenix IT Solutions)

Dr Kusum Lata Associate Professor (Urban & Regional Planning) Centre for Urban Studies, Indian Institute of Public Administration

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Deliberations Continue…

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DELIBERATIONS

Typically, in cities today, water supply is provided by a separate entity, power by another, refuse collection by yet another. So, the government’s main focus now has become the administration and integrating these various service deliveries. Integrated ICT and e-governance have the ability to provide an impact across all sectors of urban governance, thereby creating a significant efficiency and service delivery effectiveness within government.

Projects on average suffer 20-25% rework- from change orders, omissions and delays due to requests for information and some sectors up to 50%.

Citizens have a great expectation from the immediacy of the information. Mobile devices have changed the way citizens can interact with government and vice versa. The advantage available with the developing nations like India is that they can leapfrog from a technology process.

3D plans of a city can help emergency services like the firemen. 3D cadastral models can help the city officials in taxation.

Key to successful smart cities include collaboration between authorities, business and citizens; collaboration between city professionals, technology and service providers; and great vision, leadership, governance and execution will enable smart cities.

Essential elements of a smart city include digital technologies, which comprise of connectivity for information sharing, smart sensors and systems, and open data access. Smart infrastructure is also vital. It is made up of energy, water, transportation, building, health, education, sustainability, efficiency, and secure and open data sharing.

Building real benefits for the average citizen needs to evolve in the form of services that improve the Quality of Life (QoL). In many respects, measuring QoL is a measure of the ease with which services are provided to citizens, and the citizens, response to it (i.e. their relationship with city government).”

At first, the challenge of building a smart city may seem unsurmountable. But the solution is to take a step at a time. If one starts with the right core technologies, new services can be built one at a time. Externally, it is all about engaging the citizens through services and providing transparency. Internally, it is about building efficiency, breaking the silos and improving the services.

Geography is central to most smart cities solutions. Since most of the city services have a geographic component, they are inherently defined by ‘where’ things are, whether it is a pipe, a property or a permit.

People who are providing the solutions have to be sensitive to not just the language, but also to the culture of the place. That’s why the planning process is also very important. India has done the right thing why first spending the time to plan, but they should get technology personnel also involved right from ground zero.

Planners should start from existing conditions and start the design from there, not to start from a blank canvas, since there is no blank canvas in reality. They should build their conceptual design on the reality models – this will ensure that all the stakeholders and citizens are aware about the developments.

Key benefits of enterprise architecture in city planning include integration of data at architecture level, inter-departmental information is distributable, GIS integration and shared data; information and process are workflow based and automated; single source unified data structure; improves data accuracy; reduces redundant p processes; speeds up processing times; improves efficiencies.

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BRICS Geospatial ForumBRICS Geospatial Forum was the first BRICS working group meeting on geospatial technologies (BRICS-WG-GS), under the aegis of the BRICS Moscow Declaration 2015 to promote geospatial research, technology development and applications at national, regional and global levels amongst the BRICS countries.

The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) - the five most important emerging economies in the world today - have acknowledged and leveraged from use of Geospatial technologies for Infrastructure Development, g-Governance, Land Management, ensuring Food Security, bettering health and education services- to name a few.

The areas of cooperation during the Forum included geospatial information policies, earth observation and its applications, land information system, human resources and capacity building and industry engagement.

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Agriculture

RECOMMENDATIONS

Dr. A.K.Sikka Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management)

Dr. H P Singh Chairman, Confederation of Horticulture Association of India

Vijay Sardana Head – Food Security & Agribusiness (Policies & Program), UPL Group

Dr. V.V. Sadamate Formerly Adviser Agriculture Planning Commission, Council Member, National Council for Climate Change Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD)

Rakesh Kadian Trimble

Jyotsana Chuchra Senior Research Analyst, Geospatial Media and Communications

Er Avinash C Tyagi Secretary General, international commission on irrigation and drainage (ICID)

Himanshu Verma National ICT Advisor, Climate Change Knowledge Network for the Indian Agriculture Sector, (CCKN-IA)-GIZ

Surender Makhija Vice President, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

Dr. VK Sehgal Principal Scientist, Dept of Agri Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Dr. Hanish Kumar Sinha AVP & Head – Research & Development, National Bulk Handling Corporation Ltd. (NBHC)

Prof. M. Moni Professor Emeritus & Chairman, Centre for Agricultural Informatics and e-Governance Research Studies, Shobhit University & Former Director General, National Informatics Centre.

Dr. Ramesh S. Hooda Chief Scientist, Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC)

Dr. G.P. Obi Reddy Principal Scientist-Division of Remote Sensing Applications, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning

Manoj Rawat Head-Agribusiness, RBL Bank Ltd.

Pradnya Mathur (Consultant-GIS)

Dr Surabhi Mittal Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics), CIMMYT

Nalin Rawal Chief (Business Head) - Agri Business Solutions, Skymet Weather Services Pvt Ltd

Dr. Praveen Singh Head- Hydroponics Projects,DS Group

Dr. Hema Yadav Director, National Institute of Agriculture Marketing (NIAM)

Ashish Kuamr Dwivedi Young Entrepreneur,Food development and Processing

Dr. Shailesh Kumar Singh Asst Prof, Dept of Horti, LPU

Harit Jaichand VP-Business Development and Sales, CropIn Technology

Anil Kranthi Student Enterprenuer, SHIATS, Allahabad

DR. Anil Sood Govt of Punjab

PRESENTERS

Geo-spatial application in resource characterization for site specific natural resource management towards Precision agriculture.

Convergence of geo-spatial and ICTs for catering real time needs of farmers.

Multi-scale multi-crop crop production forecasting linking crop models and geo-spatial techniques.

Application of geospatial technologies for soil fertility mapping for site-specific nutrient management.

Drought vulnerability mapping and linking it to crop contingency plans.

Animal disease surveillance and pest outbreak monitoring systems.

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Link with organizations to adopt this model and work with them to make it functional to larger geographies

Creating behavioral change and sustainable adoption of climate smart technologies and practices

Use of Geo spatial technologies in crop damage assessment and crop insurance.

Enumeration of existing horticulture crops and identification of potential areas.

Identification of Saline, Alkali and Water-logged soils through satellite imageries.

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Geomatics For Digital India

Maj Gen (Dr) R Siva Kumar President, Geospatial Solutions, IIC Technologies

Dr A Senthil Kumar Director – Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

Rakesh Raina Sr. Vice President – India Business, Esri India

Bijendra Pateriya Director, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre

Mangal Balaram Baikar Principal Group Manager & Mukesh Kunder, Senior Technical Lead, Rolta India

S Ramaprasanna Executive Director, AAM India

PGV Ramana Reddy Avineon

K.S. Parikh Dy. Director, Space Applications Centre, ISRO

Dr R Nagaraja Chief General Manager, Regional Centres, ISRO

Shashikant A. Sharma Group Head, Space Applications Centre, ISRO

Dr. SS Ray Director, Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre

PRESENTERS

The vision statement for Digital India clearly highlights need for knowledge based transformation to deliver good governance. GIS gives that knowledge and enriches all knowledge with geo-intelligence. Among the nine pillars of Digital India program, geo-informatics cuts across eGovernance and eKranti pillars, which focus on “Technology for Planning” covering GIS-based decision making and National GIS mission mode projects.

Spatial data for Digital India can come from a wide range of sources; the governing body should decide the source based on project’s need for what and where; decide the platform which provides the optimum perspective; if writing a tender, they should not limit their access to these data sources. They should specify deliverables or outcomes and let providers offer data sources; they should consider how best to distribute their data to those who need it.

Successful implementation of geomatics in Digital India needs an integrated geospatial framework supporting a large community of users and applications. The GIS applications are government to government; business to business; government to citizens and government to academia.

Digital India vision can be realised through a common open collaborative GIS platform that provides content management, intuitive mapping, sharing and collaboration, Web and mobile apps, enterprise integration, and is open / interoperable. Integrating everything enables everyone to participate

Geomatics has applications in various aspects of governance such as public distribution system and development monitoring. The benefits include making citizens part of scheme monitoring; bringing more transparency; keeping track of schemes and location of infrastructure created by schemes; ability to generate spatial analytical reports for planning and decision making

Demonstration on the application of geomatics in key sectors impacting socio-economic development such as agriculture

Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) have tremendous scope for empowerment with space based information support for decentralized planning and governance in the country.

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DI-LRMP: Transforming Land Management with Technology

Hukum Singh Meena Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources

David Hickman Head of International Business Development, Government, Thomson Reuters, USA

Sanjeev Trehan Regional Manager Geospatial - SAARC, Trimble

Dr. Kamal Jain IIT Roorkee

Rakesh Prasad Technology Architect, Aadhaar Authentication & Applications Division, Unique Identification Authority of India

David Jonas Business Development Manager, AAM

Maj Genl (Retd) R C Padhi Principal Consultant – Geospatial Solutions, SEACON

Col Hari Prasad Vice President - Geo Surveys, IIC Technologies

Manish Bhatt CIO, Orange County

Bharti Sinha Secretariat Director, Association of Geospatial Industries

Nivedita Haran former Additional Chief Secretary Kerela

Manoj Misra Geospatial Technology Evangelist

PRESENTERS

Need for states to follow NLRMP guidelines while conceptualizing the RFP and follow through, keeping it relevant for single project at a time instead of combining multiple projects into one RFP

Efforts to communicate and take the project vision to grassroots level and to prepare them for the project implementation

Improve coordination and understanding between Land Records Departments and the Revenue Departments

Need for awareness programmes and workshops

Need for better public and private partnership methods and modules

Ensure availability of updated ROR Data

Need for improved workflow, procurement, promulgation and payment processes

Develop effective feedback process and opportunities to interact with stakeholders on regular basis

Applying enterprise wide solution for land administration ensures elimination of silo challenges, underlies exponential efficiencies and accuracies

It is important for government to determine if their efforts towards developing a land administration system is sustainable and scalable in the longer term

Having an enterprise level solution for land administration integrates data at an architecture level, which ensures inter-departmental information is easily distributable and sharable

Enterprise solution also makes information and process Workflow based and automated

And most importantly, it makes a single source Unified Data Structure, which improves data accuracy, reduces redundant processes, speeds up processing times and improves efficiencies

By an enterprise level solution, it means to have geospatial and land record data synchronised, there is easy cross departmental service delivery for citizens and the data is architected for multiple uses like eGovernance, Disaster Management, Urban & Rural Planning

Applying enterprise level solution for land administration has proven success stories in countries like Jamaica, where land registration process for citizens was reduced from 15 working days to 2 days or in Nigeria, where Cross River States registration revenue was more in the first few months of 2013 than the total amount recouped between 2006 - 2010

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Water Resource Management

Total Water Management - integrated and optimized management of connected water resources throughout the water cycle – includes treating water as part of a connected system; using a balanced approach to manage needs; using scenario planning to identify risks and develop mitigating strategies; applying innovative technology to understand the system and make choices; system-wide dynamic simulation model

Use of GIS, GPS, mapping and geo-enabled database in water audit and water quality mapping for public drinking water sources in the state of Maharashtra under the Maharashtra Sujal Nirmal Abhiyan

Details on the Water Resources Information System (WRIS), a joint project of Central Water Commission and ISRO - a very exhaustive and integrative project to integrate all water data

Information on Ground Water Information System – a web based ground water information system for accessing related thematic maps, non spatial data. GWIS integrates hydrogeology, GEMS Database (water level, water quality, exploration data, rainfall data), watershed, image data from various sources; as well as geomorphology, land use, lineaments, geology, soil, drainage, socio-economic data related to ground water

The Government of India has established National Water Mission (NWM) under National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC). The main goals are comprehensive water data base in public domain and assessment of the impact of climate change on water resource; promotion of citizen and state actions for water conservation, augmentation and preservation; focused attention to vulnerable areas including over-exploited areas; increasing water use efficiency by 20%, and promotion of basin level integrated water resources management. Meeting these goals require extensive use of GIS and remote sensing

The essentials for making water networks smarter include collecting information (through advanced metering Infrastructure, real-Time SCADA); using a platform approach (storing data anywhere; accessing data anywhere); big data (information sharing). In some major water crisis like the one in Mumbai in 2009, Bentley water solutions helped re-engineer the network and pipe network to distribute the supply more effectively.

Interlinking of rivers (ILR) programme will yield large benefits to irrigation, water supply and hydropower. Remote Sensing and GIS can put ILR on fast track.

Experiences and learnings from water rejuvenation project in Anurachal Pradesh

Prof AK Gosain Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Chairperson)

Dr Vivek Kale Head - Geospatial, Kalyani Global Engineering (Chairperson & speaker)

Joginder Singh Advisor, National Water Mission

Bhimrao Kachru Sawai Project Director, Water & Sanitation Support Organisation

Ajay Pradhan President & CEO, C2H2

Vijay Kumar Vice President and Head Technology, Esri India

Balaji Nagarajan Director & CEO Geokno

Abdul Hakeem Sci/Engr.`SG’,National Remote Sensing Centre

Rajesh Chandra Scientist – D, Central Ground Water Board

DP Mathuria Director - River Management Co-ordination Directorate, Central Water Commission

Aidan Mercer Sr Industry Marketing Manager, Government & Water Utilities, Bentley Systems, UK

Dr Vinay Sinha Associate Prof, TERI University

Aswini Kumar Das and Prathapani Prakash Associate Project Managers, Telangana State Remote Sensing Application Centre

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ELECTRICITY

The role of GIS is significant in identifying and reducing Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses in electricity sector in India. GIS is used for efficient management of the power distribution system through improvements in metering, billing and revenue collection; operation and maintenance; asset and outage management and planning and customer satisfaction. It is widely believed that GIS transforms the way of operation of power distribution companies in India.

GIS is seen at the core of operations in utilities that are performing well. GIS is capable of getting integrated with systems/ processes that are used for asset, outage, distribution and connection management; energy audit; network planning, enterprise resource planning etc. GIS data quality which is defined by parameters such as completeness, correctness and timeliness, plays a major role in GIS integration with other systems/ processes. Data Consistency Checks, Automated Business Process Integration, Process Interlocks and Trainings are important for bridging GIS with other operational technologies such as OMS, DMS and SCADA. GIS also finds its application in smart grids.

Asset Lifecycle Information Management (ALIM) is becoming increasingly important in electricity sector since it ensures information mobility through various stages of an asset’s lifecycle including design, building, operation, repair/ upgradation and replacement. ALIM assists the electric utilities in locating the assets; evaluating their performance; assessing the risks and optimizing their operation.

The following steps are important for the successful implementation of GIS in DISCOMs: (i) Choosing the right GIS platform that enables integration with other systems, (ii) Choosing an implementation partner with all-round capabilities and (iii) adoption of best practices for timely update of GIS database. If properly implemented, GIS significantly improves the productivity of operations and reliability of the grid.

Analytics is expected to play an important role for optimizing operations in electric utilities due to increased integration of renewable energy systems and smart grid technologies with the electric grid. Analytics helps in taking fact based decisions rather than the present way of taking decisions based on gut feeling. Analytics has its applications in demand response, load forecasting and scheduling, predictive asset management and most importantly in getting customer insights and providing improved services. Analytics is also used in renewable energy forecasting (particularly for solar and wind based systems) and as well as scheduling.

Sivagurunathan S Sr. Manager - Electricity, Geospatial Media & Communications

A K Shrivastava Addl GM (IPDS), Power Finance Corporation

Tarun Batra Head of Group - GIS, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited

Amara Raja Junior Manager, Cyient

Ralph D’ Souza Industry Sales Manager - Power, Bentley Systems India

Alekhya Datta Associate Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute

Anand Kumar S V Assistant Vice President - IT, Reliance Energy Limited

Vikas Gupta Sr. Manager - GIS, Noida Power Company Limited

Pramod Kumar Parida Scientist, Odisha Space Applications Centre

Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Manager, RMSI

Sumit Gupta Head - Energy, Utilities & Smart Cities, SAS Institute (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Arun Raj Avineon India Pvt. Ltd.

Vivek Shandilya Assistant Manager (Automation), Noida Power Company Limited


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Transportation

Too many vehicles on roads degrade the quality of roads, which causes congestion and also spikes up pollution. Aggregation and analysis of road condition through crowdsourcing can benefit both citizens and administrators. The factors for effectiveness in such scenario include optimised geo-data storage, efficient algorithms and configurations, map matching for data accuracy, geo-data modelling for data updates.

GIS works well for Indian Railways, as rail has a large network in India. And the terrain changes in different states and places. Also, railways is using GIS for assets management like mapping railway tracks and communication lines. It enables the possibility of using it in IT (information technology), which helps in railways in instant communication. The technology is also helping railways in land-mapping and tracking locomotive coaches via GPS.

Self driving car is the idea for the future. The benefits include increased safety, increased fuel efficiency, increased road capacity, mobility for non-drivers; the challenges include security and privacy concerns, reduced employment and business activity, induced vehicle travel and increased external costs.

A wide range of geospatial solutions are available for effective and efficient transportation management, from leading geospatial companies including Bentley, MapMyIndia, Elcome Technologies, Rolta, ADCC Infocad

Transportation System Management planning process includes strengthening link between planning process and O&M; TSM activity to be built in planning up front – bring the institutions together; data-driven-processes – identifying and strategizing concerns; analyzing results of the data driven processes using IT, ITS, Geo-spatial methods; developing the recommended TSM solutions; using IT platform in the capacity building programmes.

SS Mathur GM – Corporate Coordination, Centre for Railway Information Systems, Indian Railways

DR. B. Kanaga Durai Chief Scientist & Head, PME Division, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute

Gopal Valecha AVP, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd

Rakesh Kaul Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Project Development, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited

BN Rao AVP -LiDAR & Photogrammetry, ADCC Infocad

Shivalik Prasad Director, MapmyIndia

Kasturi Srinivas Industry Sales Director- Transportation, Bentley Systems India

Adesh Dhar Product Manager, Elcome Technologies

Sachin Jugal Malhotra Rolta India Ltd

Rajeev Sharma Principal Consultant, IBU - TITL CTO | I5 Labs, Tech Mahindra

Sreeja Arunkumar Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions


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Climate Change

According to projected climate changes, oceans will continue to warm during the 21st century; global mean sea level will continue to rise; the Arctic sea ice cover will continue to shrink and thin as global mean surface temperature rises; and global glacier volume will decrease further. To counter this, India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) policy underlines measures to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of Co2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.

The policy also focus on enhancing investment in development programmes in sectors like agriculture, water resources, Himalayan region, coastal regions, health and disaster management that can play an active role to counter climate change.

National missions like using solar energy, enhancing energy efficiency, sustainable habitat, water mission, or mission for a green India, etc. can contribute enormously to India’s aspiration to fight climate change.

Lots of data are being captured by various sensors with respect to climate change by different agencies. Datasets are available in silos but needs to be integrated in geospatial environment. Overlaying different geospatial datasets provides insight into hidden geographic relationships in the real world

Technologies to aid climate change studies include remote sensing technologies (satellite based), surveying, ground-based sensors and sensor technologies; embedded and user friendly handheld devices, data recording; models for analysis; visualization; digital data archives; big data analytics; database management systems; mashups of these various Technologies; social networks - crowdsourcing that facilitates environmental observation; Internet of Things

Modern surveying and mapping techniques like LiDAR mapping is required for accurate analysis. Accuracy of the datasets for measuring coastal inundation is key to know the extent of the possible damage and possible evacuation of people. Less than 50 cm data accuracy required to be captured through LiDAR. The exercise will help in building good master plans for the cities.

There is a switching from greening to browning trends of vegetation in recent decades over most parts of India. The important climatic drivers for such change are temperature and moisture induced stress. Other potential drivers include solrad, soil moisture, fires, land use and land cover change, CO2 fertilization, irrigation, fertilizers, etc. Browning of vegetation will have severe implications for the forest, agriculture, and natural ecosystems under future climate projections.

Dr Akhilesh Gupta Advisor, Department of Science & Technology (Chairperson & speaker)

Basanta Shreshtha Director Strategic Cooperation, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal

Dr Aniruddha Roy Sr. Vice President & CTO, Genesys

Dr PVN Rao Programme Director, National Information System for Climate & Environment Studies, National Remote Sensing Centre

Dr Zaffar S Mohamed-Ghouse Director-International Relations, CRC for Spatial Information, Under the Department of Science, Industry & Innovation, Australia

Dr Nisha Mendiratta Director - Scientist F, Department of Science & Technology

Dr V V Sadamate Formerly Adviser Agriculture Planning Commission, Council Member, National Council for Climate Change Sustainable Development and Public Leadership

Bikash Parida Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University

Dr Neeti Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources, TERI University


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Vishnu Chandra Deputy Director General & Group Head – Remote Sensing & GIS, National Informatics Centre

Dr Sandeep Tripathi Chief Executive Officer, Orissa Remote Sensing Centre

DU Vyas General Manager, (Geo & Tech.), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd

G.Sreenivasan Head, RRSC-Central, National Remote Sensing Centre

Dr TS Sharma Sr Geo Scientist, Dept of Mines and Geology, Rajasthan

Gautam Bandopadhyay Director, MeaTech Solutions LLP

PRESENTERS

Usage of geospatial technology in mining is found to accrue the following benefits:

Timely completion of the survey and demarcation of the mining area with high accuracy.

No scope for discrepancy in future with the adjacent lease with respect to boundary and land schedule.

All the mining area can be geo-referenced into a single co-ordinate system to work as the base line data in future to have a readymade solution to the administrator, surveyors and most importantly to the lessee during any boundary discrepancies.

This will lead to a proper mine plan preparation as each and every point within the lease area is referenced. Further it would facilitate the advantage of linking any other geo-referenced information related to mining activity to design individual mineral information system as well as a single database system for the mining belt, including the mine plans.

Such database will be useful to assess and monitor the coal block and granted lease area in terms of revenue, environment and development, providing a tool for the policy makers in efficient management and scientific extraction of natural resources of the country.

The state of Odisha, comprising a majority share of India’s mineral reserves, is undertaking a number of survey and mapping exercises.

Some of the challenges during survey and geo-referencing exercise include non-availability of geo-referenced cadastral village map; mismatch in area between the lease deed map and ground possession; incorrect execution of lease deed map in the field at the time of demarcation; error at the time of preparation of lease map using the village cadastral map; inherent error in the village cadastral sheet (gap and overlap during geo-referencing of adjacent cadastral sheets).

The Government of India has introduced a number of key ordnances and rules in the recent period: Coal Block Auction Rules 2012; MMDR (Amendment) Act 2015; National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, The Mineral (Mining by Government Companies) Rules 2015; Mineral Auction Rules, 2015; Mineral Conservation & Development (Amendment) Rules 2015. Such developments will give weightage to the mineral exploration and in turn, new mining projects can come up.

A critical ingredient for sustaining the exploration activity is to create incentives for investors to allocate scarce financial capital

Large areas of India should be investigated for minerals by using latest technologies like remote sensing and GIS

Bharat Maps developed by the Indian government has maps on the mineral reserves in India

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Forestry

Forests accrue multiple goods and services. Goods include woody products such as timber, fuelwood, pulpwood etc. NWFP include fodder, fruits, honey, medicinal plants etc. Services include power generation, flood control, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation, cultural and spiritual values.

This necessitates the necessity to manage forests for multiple functions as laid down in the National Working Plan Code 2014. This requires multiple types of forest resource survey such as growing stock estimation, carbon stock estimation, biodiversity assessment, soil survey and assessment, plantation assessment, drivers of degradation – all of which are in the spatial domain

For a meaningful action plan in forestry management, we have to be clear about where we are, where we want to reach and what are the possible pathways. Geospatial technology provides wherewithal to visualize the present status, projected scenario and intervening stages in a visual manner

The project Forestry Interventions for Ganga, which aims to identify appropriate forestry interventions for Ganga rejuvenation, maintaining vegetation cover across the stretch of river Ganga and its tributaries, and maintaining minimum ecological flow, is using geospatial technology for delineation of areas for forestry intervention, delineation of riparian zone, delineation of areas for developing artificial wetlands, delineation of eco sensitive zones of catchment areas.

Demonstration of forest degradation mapping using advanced spatial techniques

The challenges facing geospatial technology implementation in forestry include last mile connectivity i.e. visualizing and simple interactive capabilities at cutting edge at affordable price; capacity building in open source software; more use of easy vernacular language instead of technical jargon; connect between R&D and end user.

Technology uptake facilitating factors include simple tools workable like mobile phones; easy availability of relevant local data to all; a lot of scientific advancements are taking place – however what would make impact on the ground is what is doable on the ground, howsoever simple.

Dr Anmol Kumar Director General, Forest Survey of India (Chairperson)

Rajbir Singh Ex-Head, Forest Informatics Division, Forest Research Institute

Venugopal Parasuraman Vice President, Amigo Optima

G. Rajshakhar Scientist SF, Forestry, National Remote Sensing Centre

Atri Shaw Manager – Forestry & GIS, Iora Ecological Solutions

Shailesh Shankar Manager, Sales Engineering, DigitalGlobe

Manoj Kumar Incharge-Geomatic Cell, Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education


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NRDMS

Mobile Technology and Crowd Sourcing , GIS in Public Health and Disaster Management

Prevalence of apps Society Sanjeevani - “A Life Enlightening Geo-Spatial Public Health Mobile App” Uses GIS–GPS–Crowd Source Data in Mobile Technology”

Emergency Tech Support - “Link Map Bridges Emergency Need to Services- A Lifesaving Mobile App” Uses GIS–GPS–Crowd Source Data in Mobile Technology”

Geospatial Public Health Data Management System / need for GIS analysis in health care

GIS in health care and disease mapping

Activities of the Karnataka NRDMS programme where district spatial data centers have been established in all the districts to support development planning using GIS

Approach to SDI development in Karnataka

Initiatives in Chattisgarh state using remote sensing and GIS in the development and management activities/programmes such as - mapping of sickle cell anaemia prevalence; technical support for watershed activity planning and monitoring; data creation for effective monitoring of mining projects; village information system; ground water quality mapping.

Mapping urban sprawl through geoinformatics in Pondicherry region and its surroundings; analyzing the effect of urbanization on the surface and ground water at micro-watershed level and remedial measures

Hydrodynamic modelling of PanchGanga river flood using geoinformatics.

Dr Bhoop Singh Head - NRDMS & CEO, NSDI (Chairperson)

H. Hemanth Kumar Fellow and PI - NRDMS & KSSDI program, Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology

Prof. M.V. Basaveswara Rao Special Officer & Dean, Krishna University

M.K.Baig Scientist "E, Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology

Dr.R.Sivakumar Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, SRM University

Dr. Sachin S. Panhalkar Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Shivaji University

Dr S Mohamed Ghouse Dean Research, Sri Venkateswara College Of Engineering and Technology

Dr. Sunitha Abburu Principal Investigator, NRDMS Programme


Emerging Trends and Applications

Comparative Analysis of High Resolution Elevation Data derived from SAR and Optical stereo Satellite Imagery

Geocoding the worlds with three words

Tim Williams Commercial Director, what3words

Ranjan Kumar Singh Manager, Rolta India Limited

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Big Data, Mobile & Cloud

Issues pertaining to big geospatial data - the volume (data at scale), variety (data in many forms), velocity (data in motion) and veracity (data uncertainty) and solutions to address them

Integration of satellite imagery with crowdsourcing

Importance of unstructured data and the integration capabilities of GIS for unstructured data

Applications of mobile and cloud in disaster management

Prof Arup Dasgupta Managing Editor, Geospatial Media & Communications (Chairperson)

Raghavendran S GM Technical - GIS, Pixel Softek

Andrew Steele Manager, Sales Engineering, DigitalGlobe

Dr Kingshuk Srivastava Assistant Professor, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies

Mohammad Nasim Research Scholar, Lingaya’s University


Enterprise / Web GIS

Customer-centric solution application in transportation in USA

Web-based parcel map collection and display in Odisha state in India for land use and services

3D modelling projects in Australia and Singapore

Enterprise solutions from Hexagon geospatial

Having 2D and 3D files as single efficient file

Enterprise GIS and Interoperability in defence projects

Uma Shama Professor of Mathematics, & Computer Science, Co-Director of GeoGraphics, Laboratory Bridgewater State University, USA (Chair & lead talk)

Debajit Mishra Scientist, Orissa Space Applications Centre

Brian Nicholls AAM Group, Australia

Mahesh Reddy General Manager-Technical Services & Vishnu Boorla, Manager – Technical Service, Hexagon Geospatial

Neeraj Jain Sr.Advisory Software Engineer, Pitney Bowes

Shashikala KL Manager, Bharat Electronics Ltd


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3D Modelling

3D data acquisition techniques like LiDAR, terrestrial laser scanning, indoor, mobile units etc

Demonstrations of software solutions by companies like Trimble, Bentley, Terrasolid, Cyient

LiDAR data collection both indoor and outdoor

3D modelling in archaeology for heritage preservation

3D model acquisition, post processing, analysis and visualisation

Dr Sameer Saran Head, Geoinformatics Department, RSGG, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (Chair & lead talk)

Nirmalya Chatterjee Executive Director & COO, Trimble Buildings India

U.T.Vijay, Fellow Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology

Hannu Korpela Marketing and Sales Manager, Terrasolid

Rajeev Kundra Senior Manager Business Development, Cyient


Developers Forum

Bhuvan framework can be customised to suit a variety of solutions. Web map services, tools, geocoding, search API can create rich applications on web and mobile

Application development offerings for location-based services from MapmyIndia

There are a number of basemaps on browser-based framework. There is a wide range of possibilities of developing geospatial applications using Mapbox toolbox

Marble has a number of offerings for app development

Vinod Bothale Group Director - Geoportal & Web GIS services (Chairperson)

Arul Raj Manager - Bhuvan Web Services Development

Vilas Kulkarni Associate Vice President, MapmyIndia

Sanjay Bhangar Mapbox

Sami P. Manager Marketing, Magicmind


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Lidar Session

New avenues in state/Country-wide LiDAR mapping

A new representation of the real world with Lidar

Developments in 3D Documentation

Laser scanner systems for static and kinematic surveying with online data processing and cloud connectivity

Demonstration of how mobile Lidar applications are benefitting activities in Uttar Pradesh

Utility and comparison between interfaces of Lidar and Photogrammetry

ML Srivastava Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture (Chairperson)

Scott Bennett Director of Business Development, IntelliEarth Geospatial Solutions Harris Corporation

Tarun Harnathka Director of Regional Map & Content, HERE Maps

Anil N P Distribution Manager, PAN India FARO Laser Scanner Product Line

Michael Mayer Assistant Director International Sales, RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH, Austria

Ajay Kumar Agarwal Scientist & Project Manager, DMC & Lidar Mapping, Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Uttar Pradesh

Rahul Bajpai BMRC, GeoMining Solutions LLC


UAVs

Creating UAV data processing tools on desktop, server and cloud

Trimble UAS Aerial Imaging solutions

Indigenous UAS based aerial imaging solution and use cases

The government needs to come up with a comprehensive UAV regulation policy. Policy paralysis will harm Indian economy

Dr Bharat Lohani Professor, Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur (Chairperson)

Dinakar Devireddy Head, Innovation Program, Cyient

Mahesh Reddy General Manager- Technical Services and Vasudeva Rao, Senior Manager – Technical Services, Hexagon Geospatial

Sunil Krishnan Regional Sales Manager – Middle East, Africa and India, Trimble

Vipul Singh Co-founder & CBDO, Aarav Unmanned Systems Pvt. Ltd.


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Youth Forum

Varsha Prem Research Scholar, Gandhigram Rural Institute

Sivakumar S Student, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University

S Abdul Rahaman Research Fellow, Bharathidasan University

Harish Puppala Research Scholar, BITS Pilani

Bibin Wilson M.Tech Student, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

Shanmathi Rekha R Student, National Institute of Technology

Lalu Saheb K Post Graduate Student, Birla

Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Jhoga Parth Research Scholar, Shiv Nadar University

Thenmozhi R Research Scholar, National Institute of Technology, Trichy

Mohammed Shahebaz Student, JNTU, Hyderabad

Siddhant Pandey Student, Amity University

Kyle Younkin Iowa State University

Bakul Budhiraja Ph.D. scholar, Shiv Nadar University

PJ Navin Kumar Department of Geography, University of Madras

Dr Shahnawaz Director (South & South East Asia), UNIGIS International, University of Salzburg, Austria

Dr B Gopala Krishna Deputy Director, DPPA & WAA, National Remote Sensing Centre

Dr Aniruddha Roy Sr. Vice President & CTO, Genesys

Sujay Choksi Manager - GIS, Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd

Dr Milap Punia Professor, Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

EXPERT PANELDELIBERATIONS

YOUTH PRESENTATIONS BY

Geospatial job market worldwide, and especially in India, is growing continuously

There are frequent changes in the demands of geospatial skills and competences

Job providers require ‘fit-for-job‘ professionals

There are three main driving forces of geospatial education: geospatial technologies / tools; geospatial data; geospatial application fields / domains

These three driving forces have multilateral and reciprocal interaction i.e. changes in one drive changes in the other two

Higher educational institutions face a challenge of producing ‘fit-for-job‘ graduates in response to the requirements of the job-markets

The need for cooperation among academia, industry and organisers is unavoidable

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INTRODUCTION

GeoIntelligence Asia 2016 concluded successfully on March 3, 2016. The conference, co-organised with GeoSmart India 2016, brought together participants from defence, security and public safety who deliberates upon the potential of geospatial technology and its applications for national security and safety. The exhibition also showcased the latest technologies strengthening the defence and public sector in India and beyond.

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DR SATHEESH REDDY SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR TO DEFENCE MINISTER

“Space-based systems in Defence are gaining prominence and Launch-On-Demand model of launching satellites and

providing integrated platforms and sensors is also growing significantly. There is a need to work on creating capacities

for developing sensors using indigenous methods and bring-ing out the importance of Nano satellite technology for India

illustrating vessel movement and tracking in the oceans”

KSHEMENDRA PAUL OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE,

USA

“The current information sharing environment in US is critical for law, defence and homeland security. Such programmes

help in the aspect of critical information sharing, safeguarding sensitive information, civil rights and civil liberties of the citi-

zens by avoiding misuse of information. Organisational part-nerships and open interoperability standards play a critical role

in enabling such sharing environments to be more secure.”

GeoIntelligence Asia 2016 concluded successfully on March 3, 2016. The conference, co-organised with GeoSmart India 2016, brought together more than 500 participants from defence, security and public safety who deliberates upon the potential of geospatial technology and its applications for national security and safety. The exhibition also showcased the latest technologies strengthening the defence and public sector in India and beyond

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ATUL D TAYAL Joint Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer -

Domestic Operations & Member of the Board, Rolta India Ltd

"Geospatial information is a critical component in defence and military operations. This information is now seen as a

key element of national power and the military leadership has recognised the operational advantage geospatial information

provides.”

LT GEN JS MATHARU VSM DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEM

“Maps and geospatial data are critical to the soldiers in the battlefield. Ground is of utmost importance for military and

what GIS does is to look at the ground in a tactical battle area, explore terrains virtually, and significantly supplement the

reconnaissance physically. There is a need for building better systems for the army; industry and academy should take a note

and bring in interoperable solutions based on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) open standards.”

LT GEN NIRBHAY SHARMA PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, Governor of Mizoram

“There is a need for India to continuously work on enabling military with latest geospatial technologies and capacities.”

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GIS Enabled Digital Battle Field

Space & Cyberspace: The Final Frontiers

Plenary 1

Plenary Session

Greg Bentley Chief Executive Officer, Bentley Systems

Mladen Stojic President Hexagon Geospatial, USA

Lt Gen V K Saxena PVSM AVSM VSM (Retd.)

Maj Gen Girish Kumar Commandant CAMS

Mark Reichardt President & Chief Executive Officer Open Geospatial Consortium

Lt Gen Aditya Singh PVSM, AVSM** (Chairperson)

Lt Gen SP Kochhar AVSM*,VSM

Maj Gen TSA Narayanan ADG EME

Brig MU Nair DIARA

Kumar Navular Sr Director – Strategic Programs, DigitalGlobe

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GeoIntelligence Enablers

Maritime & Coastal Security Internal Security & Emergency Response

Technical sessions

Lt Gen Rajesh Pant PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd), Chairman, PEL

Brig AS Nagra

Vivek Saxena Scientist E, Digital Terrain Research Laboratory

Col KP Kumar Comdt, Army Digital Mapping Centre

Lt Gen G S Chandel YSM, Director General Rashtriya Rifles

Ravindra Nagnathrao Kondekar Vice President Defence Solution Products Rolta India Ltd

Brent Stafford Director –APAC, Here Maps

T S Rawat Scientist E, Digital Terrain Research Laboratory

Vinay Babu Sr Manager – Industry Solutions, Hexagon Geospatial

Col Arun Kumar D Comdt, Army Digital Mapping Centre

Venkat Krishna Associate Vice President, MapMy India

Vice Admiral AG Thapliyal AVSM*, EX – DG Coast Guards

Cdr Himadri Das DGNO

Marcus Trainor Director –Operations/Sales, Asia Pacific, BAE Systems

RAdm S Kulshreshtra

Cdre Mukesh Bhargava

Gen NC Marwah PVSM AVSM (Retd), Member, National Disaster Management Authority

Dr MR Bhutiyani Scientist ‘G’, DTRL

Ashish Gupta Divisional Director, Rolta India

Vipin Tyagi Executive Director, CDOT

Andrew Steele Manager Sales Engineering, DigitalGlobe

MS Gupta IPS, DG Home Guards, MP Police

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