Indian Geospatial Industry Survey 2008 report released

Monday April 28th 2008
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Indian Geospatial Industry Survey 2008 report released

New Delhi, Apr 25, 2008: Geospatial Today, a premier geospatial technology magazine based at Hyderabad, announced the release of the Indian Geospatial Industry Survey 2008 Report by Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Shri Kapil Sibal, here today.

The occasion also marked the presentation ceremony of the Indian Geospatial Awards 2008. The awards recognize and reward the companies and the people who have achieved highest standards in geospatial industry and are driving others forward. This will be followed by Geospatial Round Table discussion with the honourable minister on the theme – GIS in India – Challenges and Opportunities.

Indian Geospatial Industry Survey 2008

The Survey is an attempt to gauge the health of the geospatial industry in India. It identifies the basic components of geospatial industry – data, software, hardware and services, analyses the worth of each segment and projects the growth in each. The survey pegs the worth of overall geospatial market in India at Rs 6830 million in 2006-07. The services segment alone contributed 51%, followed by hardware at 27%, software at 14% and data sales at 7.5%. While the services sector is projected to grow at a CAGR of 20% up to 2011-12, data is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 30%, software at 20% and hardware at 19%, for the same period.

Geospatial technology finds utility in every aspect of life and development process – be it urban planning, defence, natural resources, utilities (gas, power and telecom), transportation and logistics, infrastructure (railways, roads and buildings, civil aviation etc). The Indian Geospatial Industry Survey 2008 analyses the growth aspects of each of these verticals and makes authentic projections. The report also incorporates the suggestions by various respondents that include reforms in the existing government policies, removal of restrictions on conduct of aerial surveys and accessibility to high resolution satellite imageries.

To present the facts in a scientific and systematic way, Geospatial Today has tied up with IMRB, a market research company to carry out The Geospatial Industry Survey 2008.

 

Indian Geospatial Awards 2008
Past two decades has seen a significant growth in geospatial arena – be it technology, application or industry. This growth could mainly be attributed to the persistent efforts of government officials, researchers and entrepreneurs, who believed in the potential of the technology and contributed their best. But rarely have they been acknowledged for their services. With a view to reward the most deserving and to give further impetus to the technology, Geospatial Today has conceptualised Geospatial Awards.

Based on the set benchmarks in innovation, achievements, competency, proven pattern of improved results, adherence to ethical business practices, setting challenging objectives and the nominations received from government, industry and academia, selections were made for the awards in the following categories –

• Lifetime Achievement Award – Surveying – to Gen GC Agarwal, Retired Surveyor General of India
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Geospatial Technologies – to Dr George Joseph, Director CSSTEA
• Geospatial Company Of The Year – Speck Systems Ltd
• Geospatial Entrepreneur Of The Year – Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT
• Geospatial State Of The Year - Delhi
• Geospatial Solution Of The Year – Tsunami Early Warning System, INCOIS
• Geospatial Product Of The Year – MaymyIndia Navigator, CE Infosystems
• Geospatial Leadership Award – Kamal K Singh, CMD, Rolta India
• Excellence in Geospatial Usage – (a) Vinod K Agarwal, IAS, Commissioner, Survey, Settlement and Land Records, Govt of Andhra Pradesh
      (b) Aman Kumar Singh, CEO, Chattisgarh  Infotech Biotech Promotion Society (ChiPS) 
Geospatial Round Table
To create public awareness about the significance and the potential of geospatial technology, Geospatial Today along with CNBC TV 18 has initiated Geospatial Roundtable. The programme brought industry leaders and decision makers in the government on to one platform and explored the opportunities and discussed the growth potential and challenges in the Indian geospatial industry.

Panelists:

Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Science & Technology & Earth Sciences,
Dr Shailesh R Nayak, Director, INCOIS, Hyderabad
Rajesh C Mathur, President, ESRI India
Dr BVR Mohan Reddy, CMD, InfoTech Enterprises Ltd.,
Atul D Tayal, JMD, Rolta India,
Dr Mukund K Rao, CEO, Navayuga Spatial Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Alok Upadhyaya, Head – Infrastructure & MRTS, SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited.
About Spatial Networks
Spatial Networks Pvt Ltd. is a leading publication house based in Hyderabad with diverse interests in information technology with a particular focus on geospatial technologies. The endeavours of Spatial Networks is spread across print, electronic and web media apart from technology seminars, conferences, exhibitions and media partnerships. Along with the flagship magazine Geospatial Today, Spatial Networks publishes GeoJunior, a knowledge treatise on ‘Earth Matters’ for children in the age group of 10-15.