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Centre for Geospatial Technology

About the Centre

The Centre for Geospatial Technology (CGT) at SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh is an interdisciplinary research centre that aims to harness the power of geospatial science and provide solutions to industry and socially relevant problems while enabling students to learn about Geographical Information Science (GIS) through experiential learning. The mission of CGT is to spearhead the advancement of GIS technology through active collaborations with academic institutions and industries. The team of CGT, with vast experience in geospatial technology, offers services to various government and non-government agencies and also industries. Services of CGT range from education, training, and implementation of customised GIS solutions.

Goals of CGT

  • To promote research and development on geospatial technologies
  • To offer solutions to real-world problems involving geospatial data and spatial science
  • To conduct capacity building, skills development, and certified training programmes
  • To collaborate with industries and other agencies for geospatial product and technology development

Technology Development

Consultancy Services

Consultancy Services

Human Resource & Skill Development

Industry Collaborations

Focus Areas of CGT

Renewable Resource Assessment

Rainwater Harvesting

Disaster Management

Disaster Management

Groundwater Depletion

Groundwater Depletion

Seawater Intrusion

Seawater Intrusion

submarine groundwater discharge

Submarine Groundwater Discharge

Remote Sensing Devices

Supply Chain

Human Well-being and Environment

Socio-economic development

Socio-economic Development

Team CGT

Services offered by CGT at SRM University-AP

  • Geospatial database creation
  • Expert consultation
  • Student Development Programmes
  • Faculty Development Programmes
  • Executive programmes
  • Course development and resource assistance

Facilities at CGT

  • Academic bundle of ArcGIS with unlimited licenses
  • Access to MOOC courses developed by ESRI
  • Access to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with a wide variety of payloads that aid in remote data acquisition
  • Ten workstations
  • Access High-Performance Computational services as a central facility in SRM University-AP
  • Access to the ArcGIS Academic bundle and various GIS software to perform geospatial analysis and create interactive dashboards
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Collaborations

1. MoU with APSAC

Andhra Pradesh Space Applications Centre (APSAC) a society established under the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, is the State Nodal agency for offering Geospatial Solutions (Remote Sensing, GIS, Advanced Survey and Mapping, Locations Based Services, etc.) to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

What we do under this MoU?

  • Human resources and skill development
  • Collaborative research
apsac

2. MoU with ACACIA ECO

Acacia Eco Trust is an organization working on implementing greening solutions to increase urban forests and landscape level eco-restoration including green and blue infrastructure solutions. Acacia Eco aims to do eco-restoration using a scientific approach; including techniques like the Miyawaki method of afforestation, which has been proven to work in adverse soil and climate conditions and have faster and more sustainable growth compared to traditional plantation techniques.

What we do under this MoU?

  • CGT joined hands to understand the industry needs and started working on developing geospatial tools

Prospective Collaborators

  • Interested students/faculty/researchers who would like to associate with our center are highly encouraged to drop an email to centre.geospatial@srmap.edu.in

CGT in News

Reach Us At the Centre for Geospatial Technology

Room Number 305, JC Bose Block
SRM University-AP

E-mail id: centre.geospatial@srmap.edu.in

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