Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh: Civil Servants’ Capacity Building Involves Latest Geospatial Technology

Union minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday said the civil servants’ capacity building will involve the latest geospatial technology. He visited NIGST (National Institute of Geo-Informatics Science & Technology) in Hyderabad, interacts with the faculty and trainees, and holds its review meeting.

Union Minister said, “Restructuring process of the NIGST is underway to achieve the objectives outlined by the Government and actions have been initiated for capacity expansion and improvement in training quality”.

As per National Geospatial Policy (NGP) 2022, online courses in geospatial science & technology areas are to be made available through the iGoT Karmayogi platform, said Dr. Jitendra Singh.

Dr. Jitendra Singh said, he has always been speaking about wider integration in working and the whole of Govt concept and added that today he feels gratified to witness integration between two of the important Ministries associated with him, namely the Personnel/ DoPT and Science & Technology/ DST.

The Union Minister said that the NIGST has the potential and expertise in Geospatial technologies to play a pivotal role in building the civil service. He said, as per National Geospatial Policy (NGP) 2022, online courses in geospatial science & technology areas are to be made available through iGoT Karmayogi platform.

The minister said that it is one of the most recent technologies available to us and the world. “The NIGST (National Institute of Geo-Informatics Science & Technology) has the potential and expertise in Geospatial technologies to play a pivotal role in building the civil service. As per National Geospatial Policy (NGP) 2022, online courses in geospatial science and technology areas are to be made available through the iGoT Karmayogi platform”.

During his interaction at NIGST, Dr. Singh said that NIGST can augment the civil service training eco-system with competencies & role-based education in the areas of Basic GIS, Drone Survey & Mapping, GIS Analysis, Land Surveying, Cadastral Mapping, GNSS Surveying, Digital Mapping, LIDAR Mapping, Utility Mapping, 3D-City Mapping, Geoid Modeling, CORS Network.

Dr. Jitendra Singh noted that, under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the National Geospatial Policy (NGP), 2022 has laid down the overarching framework for holistic development of the Geospatial ecosystem to support national development and economic prosperity. He said that it has laid emphasis on developing the Geospatial skill and knowledge standards across the country because the need for Geospatial professionals, their training & development in a diverse area of geospatial & allied technology has been spelled out in the policy. He also said that the NGP categorically talks about developing NIGST into a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for providing training in specialized courses in the domain of geospatial science & technology.

He stated that the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has approved & implemented the new Institutional governance system with the Board of Governors, Board of Evaluation, and Board of Studies. These boards comprise leading experts, Eminent Subject matter experts from premier institutes, Industry experts, and senior officers from SoI. Dr. Singh said that the Board of studies has revised the syllabus and course modules in line with present-day technology and functional requirements of the users. Similarly, Board of Evaluation has revised the evaluation and assessment processes for all training, introduced faculty development programmes, mentorship, use of technology solutions.

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