SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Feb 12: 21 days of geospatial technology winter school began at IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM) Management Hall on Saturday.
Subha Pandey, scientist E of the department of science and technology, the government of India inaugurated while IIT ISM deputy director Prof Dhiraj Kumar presided over the inaugural function.
Giving this information Prof Rajni Singh, dean media and branding of the institution said that Winter School Geospatial Technology is jointly being organized by the department of civil engineering in collaboration with mining engineering in which students, scientists of different post-graduate colleges, UGC recognized universities, national institutions of research and research management are participating.
Prof Rajni Singh said the programme is part of the initiative of science and technology department for encouraging and nurturing innovation among the youth through the Geo innovation challenges.
Subha Pandey who addressed the function through online mode gave detail of the vision, mission, and objectives of the department of science and technology for organizing the programme aimed at catalyzing the National Geospatial Ecosystem.
“Objective of the National Geospatial Programme is the development of Geospatial Solutions for sustainable economic growth in alignment with sustainable development goals and national development priorities”, said Subha Pandey.
Deputy director Prof Dhiraj Kumar said that the course of M Tech in Geomatics launched in the institution in 2006 through mining engineering department in association with the department of commuter science engineering.
“Once we started, we never looked back and also established several laboratories and special facilities to promote Geospatial technologies”, he said while presiding over the inaugural session.
The deputy director of IIT Ism said that though various departments like mining engineering, Applied Geophysics, Applied Geology, and even environmental science and engineering have been using remote sensing, GPS, GIS to collect data for doing analysis, modelling for several decades ago, our visibility in Geomatics and Geospatial technology has increased with the launching of M Tech course in Geomatics. It has improved with the launching of the PhD programme.
“We have recently signed Mou with Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI ) India, a leading Geographical Information System (GIS) software and system provider in the country. It will help us to promote research and study”, he said.
Prof Srinivas Pasupuleti and Prof VGK Velluri, coordinator of the programme gave details of the training that will be imparted in 21 days winter session.
