Pune, March 05, 2002

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Pune conducted a weeklong training workshop on Geoinformatics for Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) officials during February 25 - March 02, 2002.

As many as twenty participants from the Bangalore, Ghaziabad, and Chennai centres of BEL attended the workshop, which comprised of lectures, hands-on sessions, discussions and case studies aimed at familiarizing the participants with the Geomatics technologies like GIS, Remote Sensing and Cartography. Hands-on training and demonstrations were imparted on the PCI software, Geomatica.

Inaugurating the workshop, Shri R.K. Arora, Executive Director, C-DAC laid emphasis on the purpose and benefits of conducting such training workshops. He added that there is a growing requirement for Geomatics activities in India, particularly in the Defence sector and that C-DAC has the infrastructure and expertise to meet this demand.

Dr. Ashok Kaushal, Program Coordinator, Geomatics Group, C-DAC, presented an overview of Geomatics activities and the latest trends in Geomatics technology.

C-DAC is involved in geomatics activities for more than a decade. The Groups activities include developing comprehensive geomatics solutions for government and corporate sectors. It has conducted several national symposia and training workshops in GIS and Remote Sensing.

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