With the expansion of geospatial technologies in
multiple walks of life, it is important that they are equally
recognized to aid socio-economic development
interventions of various development agencies. The
experts at these agencies in domain areas such as
agriculture, rural infrastructure, water resources
management, and the like, should understand and keep
themselves abreast with the usage of geospatial
technologies in their respective domains and
communicate the applicability to partners further. The
objective will be to present the innovative applications
of GIT in areas that enable sustainable growth of urban
and rural societies.
The symposium will cover the following:
Potential and cost-effectiveness of Geospatial
technology for development projects
Technology to monitor and evaluate the progress
and the fund status of a project
Geospatial technology in socio-economic
development
Policies geared to promoting the development and
application of technology
Aida Opoku - Mensah
Director-ICTs & S&T Division (ISTD)
UN Economic Commission for Africa
Ethiopia
T.P.Singh Director BISAG India
Sheela Patel
Founder & Director
SPARC
India
Basanta Shrestha Division Head/Geoinformation Specialist, MENRIS Integrated Knowldge Management International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Nepal
Dr Dinesh Kumar
Programme Director
Institute for Resource Analysis & Policy (IRAP)
India
Anand Kumar
Senior Programme Manager and Head
Geomatics Division
Development Alternatives
India
S. Chakraborty
Special Officer
Fisheries Department & Project Manager, Fisheries Mapping Project.
Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of West Bengal
India
