Fig. 140: Participants of Advanced Winter School

Outcomes Achieved

Quality Learning Practices and Outcomes

Open source is frequently not propagated due the lack of training material and related data sets. The IGET portal with its easy-to-use teaching learning material and local data sets has made learning context specific besides ensuring 24x7 learning. The conversion of participant mini projects to contributory tutorials has served to boost learner confidence besides serving as an important assessment tool.

91.12% of the participants have implemented the learning through concrete plans in terms of tasks and projects at their workplace. This included working on their research projects, setting up a paper in their Bachelor / Master program, using Open Source instead of commercial software. Almost 80% of the participants mentioned that they do have access to geospatial infrastructure in their organization with respect to hardware (computers with requisite configuration).

Fig. 140: Participants of Advanced Winter School

Contact Information

Name of Contact Person: Designation: Organization Name: Email: Phone: Prof. Dr. Shamita Kumar

Vice Principal Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Institute of Environment Education and Research, Pune shamita.kumar@bharatividyapeeth.edu +91-9422033021

Alignment with the IGIF Strategic Pathways

S.no IGIF Strategic pathway Remarks

SP7 Partnerships

SP8 Capacity and Education The program promotes cross-sector and interdisciplinary partnerships between faculty members, scientists, technologists, researchers from academia, and personnel from national institutions of research, smart city cells, municipal corporations and other government departments as well as non-government organizations. The case highlights a method of awareness raising and formal education through the implementation of training programs including 21-day summer/winter schools in geospatial technology and science. This program designed a set of 32 modules focused on upgrading skills in base data building, analysis and modelling providing step-by-step instructions using data from the Indian subcontinent.

SP9 Communication and Engagement The Program aims to empower professionals from a cross-section across India by providing them with geospatial data, tools, products and services in order to strengthen the entire geospatial capacity-building chain. Leveraging an integrated engagement strategy, the IGET portal provides easy-to-use teaching learning material and local data sets making learning context-specific and ensuring 24x7 learning. There are mechanisms to monitor and evaluate a learner’s outcome through project work. The first-of-its-kind portal https://dst-iget.in serves as a one-stop portal for instructional material and associated data.