Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty (CKS) and Esri India Technologies mentioned they collectively practice 5,00,000 college students in India within the subsequent 5 years beneath their Master Mentors Geo-Enabling Indian Scholars (MMGEIS) programme.

These two entities on Friday launched a pilot of MMGEIS programme that’s geared toward making India a geospatial expertise skilling and innovation hub. It additionally anticipated to assist inculcate geospatial pondering and develop a research-oriented mindset amongst college students from eighth grade to undergraduate degree who will type the longer term workforce of the nation.

A.S. Kiran Kumar, Member, Space Commission and Former Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mentioned, “It is important to enable and empower curious young Indian minds with the tools and knowledge to understand the use of geospatial technology which is rapidly encompassing all aspects of human endeavours.’‘

MMGEIS was a powerful medium that would bring to these bright minds the right guidance and skills to usher in an era of innovation in the use of geospatial technology, he added.

“By equipping students with geospatial awareness and skills, we believe they will be well-prepared to tackle the challenges of the future and make a positive impact on society,” mentioned Agendra Kumar, managing director, Esri India.

In 2022, the nation noticed over 66,400 patent functions together with 140 geospatial patents. The programme may also work in direction of fostering a robust IP framework to allow extra patents from the nation in its journey in direction of turning into a worldwide geospatial innovation hub, in accordance with the organisers.

CKS is a suppose tank dedicated to enhancing safety, sovereignty and sustainability in India and throughout the Asian area, and Esri India is an end-to-end Geographic Information System (GIS) options supplier.