The Center of Geospatial Excellence initiative is aimed at encouraging innovation in GIS research and promoting teaching excellence in spatial data management and analysis in higher education across India. With CoGE, Esri India addresses the need to have more trained GIS professionals. An Institute can collaborate with Esri India to establish a CoGE within their campus. With CoGE in place, an institute can easily run Geospatial education courses in a controlled and organized structure.