DST User Meet

Strengthening Country’s Geospatial Ecosystem with a focus on Data Infrastructure, Strategic R&D and leveraging State’s Geospatial capabilities Tuesday: 3 December 2024
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Agenda

1400 - 1415 Welcome & Opening Remarks: India's Geospatial Landscape Post National Geospatial Policy (NGP), 2022
Dr Shubha Pandey

Dr Shubha Pandey

Scientist E
Department of Science & Technology

Dr KS Rajan

Dr KS Rajan

Professor and Registrar
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad

1415 - 1500 Panel 1: Supporting Strategic R&D and building robust Geospatial Data Infrastructure
Dr KS Rajan

Moderator

Dr KS Rajan

Professor and Registrar
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad

Dr Debapriya Dutta

Dr Debapriya Dutta

Adjunct Professor
Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham

Inder S Gopal

Inder S Gopal

Chairman
Centre of Data for Public Good, FSID, IISc and and Research Professor, IISc

Shamita Kumar

Shamita Kumar

Principal
Bharati Vidhyapeet University, Pune

Dr Aniruddha Roy

Dr Aniruddha Roy

Chief Technical Officer
Genesys

Rahul Nayar

Rahul Nayar

Senior Fellow
Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology

Kasirajan

Kasirajan

Senior Geographic Information System (GIS) Engineer
Wadhwani AI

1500 - 1530 Q&A Session
1530 - 1600 States Geospatial Readiness for implementation of the NGP-2022
Srikant Sastri

Srikant Sastri

Chairman
Geospatial Data Promotion & Development Committee (GDPDC)

Sanjay Kumar

Sanjay Kumar

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Geospatial World

1600 - 1700 Panel 2: Empowering States for Geospatial Excellence under NGP 2022: Readiness, Challenges, and Handholding for Accelerated Growth
Srikant Sastri

Moderator

Srikant Sastri

Chairman
Geospatial Data Promotion & Development Committee (GDPDC)

Dr Sandeep Goyal

Dr Sandeep Goyal

Additional Project Director
Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd, Department of Science Technology, Govt. of MP

Dr Sultan Singh

Dr Sultan Singh

Director & Chief Scientist
Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC), GoI

Rama Devi Lanka

Rama Devi Lanka

Director
Department of Industries & Commerce, and Information Technology, State of Telangana

Dr Rajesh N. L

Dr Rajesh N. L

Director (Additional Incharge)
Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre

Er. Timothy Nima

Er. Timothy Nima

1700 - 1755 Q&A Session
1755 - 1800 Vote of Thanks
Ankur Mehta

Ankur Mehta

Scientist 'B'
Department of Science & Technology