Registrations are open for Geographical Information Systems One Day GIS Workshop at IIT Bombay. The last date to apply for this is April 2, 2023.
About IIT Bombay
Established in 1958, the second of its kind, IIT Bombay was the first to be set up with foreign assistance. The funds from UNESCO came as Roubles from the then-Soviet Union. In 1961 Parliament decreed the IITs as ‘Institutes of National Importance’. Since then, IITB has grown from strength to strength to emerge as one of the top technical universities in the world.
Details of GIS Workshop
The One-Day GIS workshop is aimed at creating awareness about the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and its applications using open-source data, for faculty members from colleges across India.
- The objective is to impart geospatial map-creating skills using open-source mapping tools like QGIS.
- This workshop also aims to orient the faculty in guiding students in forming teams to participate in activities such as ‘IIT Bombay-FOSSEE-Mapathon’, ‘GIS Case Study’, ‘GIS Internship’, ‘GIS Summer School’, etc.
- QGIS is a free and open-source cross-platform, desktop geographic information system (GIS) application that supports viewing, editing, and analysis of geospatial data.
- In addition to composing and exporting graphical maps, it also supports both raster and vector layers; vector data is stored as point, line, or polygon features.
- This workshop is organized jointly by the FOSSEE Project, and the Rural Data Research and Analysis Lab.
- The FOSSEE Project is funded through the National Mission on Education through ICT by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
- The Rural Data Research and Analysis Lab is a facility that is India’s first HPC-powered Data Centre for Rural Development, located at IIT Bombay.
Important Dates
- Registration is open till April 02, 2023 (12:00 pm).
- Workshop Date: April 21, 2023 (3:00 pm)
Contact Details
For more details, please visit here.
- Phone: (022)2576-4111 | Email: info[at]fossee[dot]in;
- outreach[at]cse[dot]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in;
- mohamedkasim[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in
How to Apply?
Interested candidates can directly apply through this page.
