Inaugural Session |
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Cheif Guest
Shri Tarun Vijay, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on 9 July addressed alarge audience from industry, government and academia. He talked the resolve of government for robust infrastructure and acknowledged that survey and mapping is one of the core activities for such developmental projects. He quoted from cultural history how location has been an integral part of rituals since ages.
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Guest of Honour Address:
Dr S Subba Rao, Surveyor General of Indiahighlighted the milestones Survey of India has achieved till date. His talk covered the activities and initiatives taken by SoI recently. Watch @ YouTube |
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Guest of Honour Address:
Dr SPS Bakshi, Managing Director, Engineering Projects India shared his experience of using new surveying tools which are fast and of high precision.
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Inaugural Address:
Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice President, Hexagon India talked about the latest surveying equipments now available with Hexagon, which offers accurate and precise information. He highlighted the need to accept these latest technologies.
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New Paradigms in Survey & Mapping |
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Sanjeev Trehan, Regional Manager, Geospatial, SAARC, Trimble, Navigation India presented the usage of latest techniques to deliver the data needs. He highlighted what difference it can make in projects with efficient tools and techniques. In his talk he spoke about UAVs which are emerging as latest survey platform.
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Dr A Jeyaram, Advisor, RS & BD, Secon Private Limited in his presentation talked of emerging trend in survey and their potential applications. He mentioned about high precision surveying equipments which are making it easier to conduct land survey.
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LiDAR for Survey & Mapping |
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David Collison, Optech Inc. mentioned about the legacy of Optech in airborne LiDAR. He highlighted some examples of the implementation of LiDAR and their success journey. Watch @ YouTube |
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Vinod Kumar, IFS, Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Haryana gave a presentation on use of airborne LiDAR for forest inventory mapping including their comprehensive parameters. His presentation emphasized on use of new techniques which can deliver quick results. Watch @ YouTube |
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Dhiraj Goel, Programme Head- Data Management Projcets, ESRI India (NIIT GIS)
mentioned how new and innovative technologies from Esri is helping the users. He mentioned how LiDAR data can be used in ArcGIS. Watch @ YouTube |
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Gaurav Mishra, NVIDIA gave a presentation on processing of data. He mentioned about the impact and relevance of time in decision making, wherein accelerated computing has emerged as a important element in geospatial industry.
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Survey & Mapping Users Perspective |
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Dr R S Hooda, Chief Scientist, HARSAC talked about the relevance of satellite imagery. He mentioned the use of imagery for monitoring forest and encroachment area. He also spoke about how survey provides precise data and along with satellite imagery it can provide correct ground situation.
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Neeraj Agarwal, GM (Civil), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation gave presentation on journey and milestones of freight corridor by Indian railways. His presentation emphasized on the present situation and ongoing activities of DFCC.
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P K Gupta, GGM (T&S), Rites Limited gave a presentation of the work done by Rites related to freight corridor for DFCC. He mentioned the use of survey for validating the ground realities after the preparation of base map with the satellite imagery for DFCC. Watch @ YouTube |
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Shri P K Tyagi, JGM (T&S), Rites Limited mentioned the process of survey validation done with the help of total station as for railway track high precision accuracy is required. He said that with technology it has become convenient to achieve desired accuracy. Watch @ YouTube |
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Atul Kumar, Chief General Manager, National Highway Authority of India shared his experience and put forward his expectation from the industry. He mentioned survey has played a crucial role in National Highway Development Project. The use of latest techniques can fast track the development project. Watch @ YouTube |
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Mohd. Monis Khan, Town and Country Planning Organization gave presentation on geospatial solutions for urban development. He mentioned the importance of accurate survey for urban development. Watch @ YouTube |
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Dr. Seema Parihar, Joint Director, DCRC gave an overview of her project on gender parity - Gender Atlas of India: A Geospatial Perspective. This project is funded by Ministry of Women and Child and work on first two series is almost over.
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Pankaj Gupta, Trimble Navigation India Pvt Ltd
The last presentation was given by Pankaj Gupta, Trimble Navigation India Pvt Ltd who gave a demonstration of survey equipments by Trimble. Watch @ YouTube |