The primary objectives of the National Geospatial Mission, announced in the Union Budget 2025–26, are to establish essential geospatial infrastructure and data, modernize land records, strengthen urban planning, and aid in infrastructure development.
Through this workshop, the Survey of India aims to bring together stakeholders from central/state government, industry, academia, and research to engage in focused discussions and deliberations on the role of geospatial infrastructure and data using latest Geospatial technologies in shaping the ‘Viksit Bharat’.
In line with this objective, the event’s theme has been decided as the “ Geospatial Mission: An Enabler of Viksit Bharat. ”
Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, will be gracing the event as the Chief Guest.
| Session | Timing | Speakers |
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| Inaugural Session - National Geospatial Mission | 09:30 am - 10:15 am |
Sh. Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana
Surveyor General of India Sh. Srikant Sastri
Chairman, Geospatial Data Promotion and Development Committee (GDPDC) Dr. Abhay Karndikar
Secretary, Department of Science & Technology Dr. Jitender Singh
MoS(I/C), Ministry of Science & Technology
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| Session-1: Modernization and Strengthening of National Geodetic Reference Frame | 10:45 am - 12:15 noon |
Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
Director General, India Meteorological Department Prof. Onkar Dikshit
Coordinator, National Centre for Geodesy (NCG), IIT Kanpur Sh. G Varun Kumar
Additional Surveyor General, Survey of India Dr. Manish Saxena
Director, Satellite Navigation Division ISRO Dr. Balakrishnan Nair T.M
Director, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) Sh. Sajid Malik
Chairman & Managing Director, Genesys International Corporation Sh. Olivier Casabianca
Vice President, Advanced Geospatial Positioning, Trimble
Cdr. P. K. Srivastava
Scientist-G/Advisor, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
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| Session-2: Strengthening of Geospatial Data and Mapping Infrastructure | 12:15 noon - 01:45 pm |
Sh. Srikant Sastri
Chairman, Geospatial Data Promotion and Development Committee (GDPDC) Sh. S V Singh
Additional Surveyor General, Survey of India Dr. Manabendra Saharia
Associate Professor,IIT Delhi Dr. Prakash Chauhan
Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) Sh. Rohan Verma
Director, MapmyIndia & MD, Mappls DT Sh. Seeram Sambasiva Rao
Special Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology & Director, Survey and Land Records, Government of Kerala Dr. Yury Filippov
Head of Department of the National Spatial Data System Centre for Information
Technologies, Russia |
| Session-3: Role of Standards in Harmonizing Geospatial Frameworks | 02:30 pm - 04:00 pm |
Dr. Debapriya Dutta
Chairman, LITD 22 (BIS) Dr. Rajendra Gaikwad
Satellite Application Centre, Ahmedabad Sh. Sandeep Shrivastav
Additional Surveyor General, Survey of India Sh. Nikhil Kumar
President, Association of Geospatail Industries (AGI) Sh. Sanjay Sinha
Sr. consultant, Office of Chief Secretary, Govt of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse
Vice President, Woolpert and Vice Chair, Board of Director OGC |
| Session-4: Keeping Pace with Technological Advancements in Geospatial Field | 04:25 pm - 05:55 pm |
Sh. Abhishek Singh
Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) Sh. Shailesh Kumar Sinha
Additional Surveyor General, Survey of India. Sh. Alok Prem Nagar
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj Sh Kunal Satyarthi
Joint Secretary, DoLR
Dr. Roshan Srivastav
Associate Professor, IIT Tirupati
Sh Agendra Kumar
Managing Director, ESRI India
Sh. David Henderson
Chief Geospatial Officer, Ordnance Survey, United Kingdom
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