Great to know this. Well done Geo4all. Hope the lab will be a beacon to popularise Open Source GIS, the OSGeo Initiative. Cheers Ravi Kumar
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Suchith Anand < suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > It is my great pleasure to welcome PEC University of Technology, > Chandigarh, India http://www.pec.ac.in/ as our new OSGeo lab. PEC > University of Technology, formerly known as Punjab Engineering College, is > an engineering institute located in the city of Chandigarh, India. Founded > in 1921, it is one of the oldest educational institutes in India. I also > really like the motto of PEC (Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya) which in Sanskrit the > meaning of which is "From darkness (of ignorance) lead us to Light (of > Knowledge)" > > Prof. Manoj Arora who is heading as Director (Vice Chancellor), PEC > University of Technology Chandigarh and Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT > Roorkee (on lien) where he is working as Professor in Remote Sensing in > the department of Civil Engineering is the main force behind the > establishment of OSGeo lab at PEC. He has also shared the good news that > they now have partnered with Indian Railways to establish Kalpana Chawla > Chair on Geospatial Technology at PEC. > > Kalpana Chawla [1] was an Indo-American astronaut and the first woman of > Indian origin in space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as > a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. In 2003, Chawla was > one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia > disaster. She was a true global citizen working for the advancement of > science for all, so it is fitting tribute that through PEC , one of our > OSGeo labs will have chair in geospatial technologies established in her > honour. I thank Dr Manoj Arora and other colleagues who have worked hard > to make this possible and Indian Railways for funding this chair. > > > OSGeo Lab at PEC shall help the UN 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development > for building a better world. This lab shall have following specific > objectives: > > 1. To promote open-source geospatial software, open data, open standards > in the nearby geographic locations. > > 2. To provide training and expertise in the geospatial field. > > Manoj has visited Nottingham University twice in recent time (though i > couldnt meet him!) (June and Sept 2014 for a day each) as part of > delegation from Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC) > http://crikc.puchd.ac.in . CRIKC is a cluster of 15 odd academic > institutions and research institutions in Chandigarh with Vice Chancellor, > Panjab University, as the Chairman. CRIKC has signed MoU with University of > Nottingham to have academic collaboration in many different ways. I can see > many research synergies in open geospatial esp. in Opencitysmart research > that we will be able to able to explore in the future. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > Dr. Suchith Anand > > http://www.geoforall.org/ > > Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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