Centre's Mandate
To design and develop Geospatial Technology Applications for Rural Development sector
and develop skill and knowledge levels of functionaries at different levels like
Project Directors, Policy level officials from the government, Non-Government, SIRDs,
National and International Agencies on these applications, besides engaging in research,
designing, modelling and application development of Geospatial Technology Applications
for the rural development sector.
Objectives
CGARD aims to assimilate all the strengths of geospatial technology namely the GIS,
Remote Sensing, Global Positioning System, ICT, and allied sectors, for potential
application development for the rural development in emerging areas for scientific,
optimum, productive, sustainable, environmental compliant, knowledge based decision
support, timely and need based decision support, for faster development of rural
areas and people.
Thrust Area
- Geo-informatics Technology Applications in planning, monitoring, modelling, and
decision support systems of Watershed, MGNREGA, Agriculture Development, Environmental
Impact Assessment, Conservation practices, Resources Planning, Infrastructure Development
and Village Planning
- Conducting of national and international training programmes on regular basis
- Establishment of Geo-informatics Technology Dissemination Centres in India and other
developing countries
- Academic and research guidance to M.Sc., M.Tech. final year students and Ph.D scholars
in Geo-informatics
- Online academic Geo-informatics Technology Application Programmes for field functionaries,
government officials, research scholars, NGO members etc.
The CGARD renders its support to functionaries at different levels like field level
officials, Central and State Government Ministries and Departments, District Level
Functionaries, National and International Agencies in Geoinformatics Technology
Applications in Rural Development sector and allied areas.