Welcome speech by Sanjay Malaviya, Director, cGIT/ Coordinates Address by B R Sambal, Secretary Labour and Planning, Government of
Assam
Lighting of lamp Address by Hon’ble Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of IT and Health, Government of Assam
Vote of thanks
10:30
– 11:30Tea and visit to exhibition
11:30 – 13:00 NE Vision and Direction Chaired by Prof Gautam Barua, Director IIT Guwahati
NESAC initiatives, impact and challenges by Dr KC Bhattacharya, Director, NESAC
NIC initiatives in North East by Dr Vandana Sharma, Senior Technical Director, National Informatics Centre
Mapping challenges of NE regions by Maj Gen M Gopal Rao, Surveyor General of India
Presentation by Dr G Chennaiah, Director, SRSAC, Arunachal Pradesh
13:00 – 14:00Visit to exhibition and
lunch
14:00 – 15:30 NE: Setting Agenda
Session chaired by Dr B Nagarajan, Survey of India
GIS Applications for sustainable development for NE region Dr Dulal Goswam
Geo-information Technology in North-East India: Problems and Prospects, B.S.Mipun, Department of Geography, NEHU, Shillong
Problems of mapping in NE region – A review by Dr R P Singh, Consultant (Map), Office of Registrar General of India
Technology trends by Canon
Technology trends by MapInfo
15:30 – 16:00 Tea
16:00 – 18:00 NE SDI Session chaired by Mr PS Thangkhiew, IAS, Planning Advisor, NEC
Coordinated by ProfSC Patra Director, NERIWALM
Development of NE-SDI: A suggested model by Dr D Datta, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Towards Creation of a State NSDI Centre with Special Reference to Nagaland by Dr. Zavei Hiese, NRDMS Center, Nagaland Science & Technology Council, Kohima, Nagaland
Creation of Local Level Spatial Database for Developmental Planning in small watersheds-A Case Study in Manipur, Arun Kumar and Nixon Singh, Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University Imphal, Manipur
A Hydrological Information Infrastructure for the Brahmaputra River towards a “Digital Brahmaputra” by C. Mahanta, N. Pathak, P. Goswami, U. Dutta and B. Choudhuri, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Some Geotechnical and Anthropogenic Features of Landslides Along NH-39 of Manipur, India, by M. Pradipchandra Singh and Soibam Ibotombi Dept. of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal
Use of GIS and Remote Sensing Technologies for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in part of Kalang Watershed, Assam by Dr. Sudip Mitra, TERI North Eastern Regional Centre, Guwahati, Assam
September
22, 2006
10:00 – 11:00 Land and water managementchaired by Devendra Kumar, IAS, Commissioner to Government of Assam, co-chaired by Dr SC Patra, Director, NERIWALM
Use of geo information technology (GIT) for water availability study in Assam by Dr SC Patra and BC Nath, NERIWALM
Role of RS and GIS in study of floods by A C Debnath, Zahid Husain and S C Patra, NERIWALM
Planning rain water harvesting on watershed basis using geoinformation technology by Dr S C Patra, Bijit Kumar Das, Bharat Ch. Kusre
Subsurface stormflow study for hydrological extremities management in north-eastern India, Subashisa Dutta and Rupak Sarkar, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam
11:00 – 11:30 Tea
Parallel
Session 1
11:30 – 13:00Land and Water management chaired by Devendra Kumar, IAS, Commissioner to Government of Assam, co-chaired by Dr SC Patra, Director, NERIWALM
Preparation of database on forest types in north east India by Elusing Meru & R. K. Kalita, Rain Forest Research Institut
Techniques of ground water exploration in doon valley area by using RS and GIS tools by Dr D K Mandal, Reader, Department of Geography & Applied Geography, University of North Bengal
Study on the channel migration pattern of Dibang and Brahmaputra rivers at Dhola and Palasbari using Landsat imagery by Er. Prashanta Kumar Bordoloi, “Jyoti Nilay”, Dinbandhu Dr. Prasad Bordoloi Path, Tarajan Soanri Gaon, Jorhat
11:30 – 13:00 Parallel Session 2 Student session Chaired by Prof Nilanchal Patel, BITS, Ranchi and Coordinated by Dr Subashisa Datta, IIT Guwahati
Development of an IUH in ungauged catchment using geomorphological parameters by Basudev Biswal, C Mahanta and AK Sharma, IIT Guwahati
A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Analysis of Drainage Morphometry and Its Influence on Landform Characteristics in the Bharalu Watershed of Northeast India by Nayanjyoti Pathak, Prajnan Goswami, Chandan Mahanta, IIT Guwahati
Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping on part of NH-39 Manipur using Remote Sensing & GIS by Akbar Shah*, S.N.Mohapatra** * Defence Terrain Research Laboratory Metcalfe House, Delhi-110054.**Center of Remote Sensing & Geographical Information System, School of Studies in Earth Science, Jiwaji University, Gwalior (M.P).
Development of a River Information System using MapObjects and Visual Basic
A Srikanth and Subashisa Dutta, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Analysis of Drainage Morphometry and Its Influence on Landform Characteristics in the Bharalu Watershed of Northeast India by Nayanjyoti Pathak, Prajnan Goswami, Chandan Mahanta, IIT Guwahati
Remote Sensing & GIS Techniques for Crop suitability assessment depend on soil characteristic A--A case study on Garbeta-1 Block, Paschim Medinipur, by Sailesh Samanta, Department of Remote Sensing & GIS, Vidyasagar University
13:00 to 14:00 Lunch
14:00 to 16:00 GIS and its applications Chaired by Dr Vandana Sharma, Director NIC
NE and Governance issues by Dr Saurabh Gupta, Senior Technical Director, NIC
Application of GIS to describe historical urban development of Guwahati city, Assam, Sukanya Sharma Ph D, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
A GIS-based Decision Support System (DSS) Framework for Transportation Planning of Guwahati City by Dr. Ashish Verma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg., IIT Guwahati, North Guwahati
Geo-information Technologies for Sustainable Development of Nagaland by Dr MS Rawat, Nagaland University
Land Records and Cadastral Map Management using GIS, Sujit Majumder,
En-Geo Consultancy & Research Centre, Guwahati
Delineation of paleochannels in the interfluves around Burhi Dihing River, Assam, using remote sensing data J. N. Sarma, D Bora, M. K Phukan and U Goswami, Department of Applied Geology Dibrugarh University
A Probable Isoseismal Map due Maximum Credible Earthquake M=8.7) in NER, India : an approach towards earthquake risk mitigation by Mukibur Rahman and Saurabh Baruah, Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat, Assam
Exploration of mineral deposits associated with naga hills ophiolite belt: Role of Geo-Information Technology by Santosh kumar singh, Department of Geology, Nagaland University, Kohima
Advanced Techniques and Tools for Forest & Agriculture Segregation by Rajesh Solomon Paul, Dr. Rupali Mathur, Yashwant Chauhan, Binay Kerketta by Sarsoftech Pvt Ltd
Sanjay Agarwalla, IDS, New Delhi
16:00 – 17:00 NE Issues and approach
Panel Discussion and recommendations
Chaired by Dr KC Bhattacharya, Director, NE-SAC
Coordinated by Bal Krishna, Editor, Coordinates
Dr Vandana Sharma, NIC
Prof BS Mipun, NEHU
Dr SC Patra, NERIWALM
Dr Zavei Hiese, Nagaland Science & Technology Council
