March 26, 2011:
“Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has the potential to promote all round human welfare and development,” Swarna Subba Rao, the Surveryor General of India, inaugurating the five-day Department of Science and Technology sponsored National Workshop on Mathematical Modelling in Geographical Information Systems Applications, 26-29 March 2011. He said that 678000 results are developed for Natural Resource Modeling for atmospheric disbursion. Explaining the changed scenario in surveying and mapping from manual operations to digitization, he said that they are presently occupied with designing 125000 maps on 1:10000 scale. He said that in GIS there are set on preparing Spatial data related to natural resource mapping and other spatial related tasks and Attribute data related to the man-made constructions and density of physical structures. He said that GIS software is to integrate the above two to give accurate mapping and evaluation. In his talk he explained the Digital Elevation Models in hydrological applications and Tsunami prediction.
Prof. C.R. Visweswara Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Vikrama Simhapuri University, presiding over the function, dwelt on the multi-faceted and multi-dimensional utility of GIS. He focused on the relevance of Computer Science in analyzing the user friendly data and development of search engines for spatial data. Keeping in view the immense job potential, the University proposed to start an M.Sc course in GIS under the aegis of the DST. The proposal is actively under consideration, he said. Referring to the relevance of GIS in disaster management and disaster forecast, he said these data trends can also be used for industrial use and hydrological modeling.
Prof. V. Narayana Reddy, Registrar and the Guest of Honour spoke on the applications of GIS and its relevance in promoting human welfare. He referred to the recent disaster in Japan and said that through the effective use of GIS, calamities can be presumed and proper disaster confronting preparedness can be made prior hand.
Earlier, Prof. T. Sudha, General Chair of the Workshop, Dean, Head of the Department of Computer Science set the objectives of the Workshop.
University Newsletter released
The Second issue of the University Newsletter Sruthi was formally released by Prof. C.R.Visweswara Rao, honourable Vice-Chancellor, Sri Swarna Subba Rao, Surveyor General of India, Prof.V. Narayana Reddy, Registrar, Prof. T. Sudha, Dean, CDC, Sri. K. Narasimha Rao, Editor of the Newsletter on the inauguration of the Workshop. The Newsletter covers events that took place in the University between July 2010 and December 2010. It also includes the academic activities of the University, professional tasks, publications, research activities undertaken by the faculty during the period stated.