BiographyDr. Pradeep N is the Industry Head - Industry Manager Utilities, Transport and Mining at Esri India. He has nearly 18 years of experience in industry and research, in the field of GIS technology application and consulting. He has contributed significantly to various strategic GIS solution implementations and national level technology evaluation programmes. Prior to joining Esri India, he has worked for Rolta supporting the Enterprise GIS group. He began his GIS and Remote Sensing journey with Regional Remote Sensing Service Center of India Space Research Organization / Dept of Space, as Research Fellow, which culminated in him securing a Ph.D in the area of GIS and RS Application. Dr. Pradeep has multiple publications including research papers and chapters to his credit. He has delivered many invited lectures at universities, and is a regular speaker at industry conferences.