SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, March 3: The three-week-long training session cum technical conclave on geospatial science and technology concluded at IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM).
Altogether, 25 geographical Information system (GIS) analysts, geospatial scientists, mining, civil engineering, applied geology and applied geophysics engineering experts across the country participated and delved deep into a wide range of issues over geospatial science and technology.
The conclave ‘Winter School on Geospatial Science and Technology’ was jointly organised by civil engineering and mining engineering departments of IIT ISM in which the experts of the country underlined the significance of GIS, GPS and remote sensing for acquiring data which is used for analysis, modelling, simulation and visualization.
Dr Debpriya Dutta, associate head scientist of G DST- NGP, Government of India, addressed the conclave as chief guest on closing day and said that geospatial technology helps in predicting the future and providing better ways to plan, design and make decisions.
Presiding over the valedictory function, IIT ISM director Prof Rajiv Shekhar termed the technical sessions of the Winter School as a worthwhile exercise and said that mining would not be possible without geomatics He also gave details of different projects including Mahandi Coalfield Limited taken by IIT ISM’s technical hub TEXMIN.
Deputy director of IIT ISM Prof Dheeraj Kumar while addressing the conclave highlighted the significance of geospatial technology in various domains like applied geology, applied geophysics, mining engineering and environmental science engineering, data collection and analysis.
He said that IIT ISM will launch an executive M Tech programme in geomatics where professionals can earn knowledge through online mode.
Eminent experts Prof Nagesh Kumar of IISC Bangalore shed light on the significance of geospatial techniques for water resources assessment of a river basis, and opportunities in geospatial and remote sensing technologies.
Prof Biswajit Pradhan, University of Technology, Sydney ( Australia) spoke about geospatial intelligence in natural hazard modelling while Prof PK Singh, IIT ISM, shed light on applications of remote sensing and GIS in environmental management
Prof Srinivas Pasupuleti and Prof Kumar Villuri also addressed the sessions on different dates of the conclave.
