Uniting institutions to stay ahead of global trends and build world-class geospatial expertise
Esri India is committed to collaborate with universities/colleges adopt and teach GIS technology. Over 500 universities/colleges in India including IITs, NITs, IIMs, Central Universities, and Agriculture Universities leverage Esri’s GIS technology in their academic programs. Through this initiative Esri India is trying to support the Indian academic community in keeping pace with global trends and create a skill base in GIS which matches and exceeds with the talent available anywhere else in the world.
Key to success of Geospatial industry is to promote sustained interaction between the academia and the industry so as to develop and popularize geospatial solutions to real-life problems.
GIS education in India has long remained stagnant due to a shortage of trained faculty and limited access to modern technology infrastructure. To advance, the country must build strong national teams of teachers, trainers, developers, and researchers with backgrounds in computing, navigation, sustainable development, and applied geography. I firmly believe that the GI sector can grow rapidly with the right talent and support.
Capacity Building is a core of Geospatial Technology Development. I trust that GIS Academia council will able to provide innovative and scalable model to include the Geospatial technology at the school level in the education system and percolate down into the bottom level of the governance.
This council is an Esri India initiative and participation is by invitation. We are looking at academicians from India who are passionate about GIS.