Speakers

Inaugural Session
Welcome Address
AR Dasgupta

Managing Editor
Geospatial World
Keynote Address
Ravi S Saxena
,
IAS Additional Chief Secretary, Department of
Science & Technology Government of Gujarat
India
B B Bhattacharya
Member, National Disaster Management Authority
Govt of India
Sanjiv Mittal
CEO
National Institute of Smart Governance
India
Kaushik Chakraborty
Vice President
Intergraph
India
Rakesh Raina
Vice President
Esri India


Panel Discussion:Status of Geo-Governance in India
Key Speakers
Ravi S Saxena
IAS
Additional Chief Secretary
Department of Science &
Technology Government of
Gujarat India
Anurag Srivastava
IFS
Officer on Special Duty
RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management
Government of Madhya Pradesh, India
Anoop Singh
IFS, Special Secretary IT
Information Technology and Communications Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh
India
Vishal K. Dev
IAS
Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation
Government of Orrisa, India
Dr. A. P. Singh
Deputy Registrar General
Office of the Registrar General, India
Ministry of Home Affairs
Government of India
Manoj Jain
Pitney Bowes
Ravi Gupta
CSDMS
India


Session:Role of Geo-ICT in Agriculture
Chairperson

Prithvish Nag, Vice Chancellor, M G Kashi Vidyapeeth, India

Invited Speakers

M. Moni, Deputy Director General, Agricultural Informatics Division, NIC, India
Dr. Vinod Bothale, Director, Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre, India
Dr. Tauqueer Ahmad, Senior Scientist, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, India
Darsh Worah, Deputy Manager, National Dairy Development Board, India


Session:Role of Geo-ICT in Public Safety and Disaster Management
Chairperson

Anil Kumar Sinha, Vice Chair, Bihar State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Bihar, India

Invited Speakers

Dr. Chandan Ghosh, Professor & Head, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), India
Sanjay Mathur, GIS Expert, Flood Management Information System Cell, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar
Dr. C R Bannur, Divisional Director, Rolta Safety and Security Solutions, India
Sanjay Sahay, IGP, Karnataka Police, India
Purushottam Sharma, IGP, Madhya Pradesh Police, India


Session: Role of Geo-ICT in Forestry
Chairperson

Shri A K Wahal, Director General, Forest Survey of India (FSI), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

Invited Speakers

M L Srivastava, Jt. Director, NFDMC, Forest Survey of India (FSI), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India
H C Mishra, IFS, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Andhra Pradesh Forest Department, India
Anil Oberoi, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests, Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, India
Subhash Ashutosh, Director, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, India


Session: Role of Geo-ICT in Municipality
Invited Speaker

Uday Narayan Tiwari, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Kanpur Nagar Nigam, India
R C Patnaik, Chief Director, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, India
Ishan Das, Assistant General Manager, Infotech Enterprise, India
P S Uttaravar, Director- Planning, Delhi Development Authority, India
Vijay Kumar, Practice Director, TCS, India


Session: Role of Geo-ICT in Health
Invited Speaker

Dr. M. Bhattacharya, Dean, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, India
Dr. Aruna Srivastava, Consultant, National Institute of Malaria Research, India
Dr. B.G Prakash Kumar, Deputy Director (SICF/M&E), Karnataka Health System Development And Reforms Project, India
Dr. J.S.Rawat, Coordinator UCCC and Director Centre of Excellence NRDMS & Professor in Geography Kumaun University

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