24
July,2020.Chandigarh: A webinar on Geographic Information System(GIS) was
conducted by SPIC under the aegis of
Department of Information Technology, Chandigarh Administration for senior Officials of UT. This webinar is
first of its kind which has been organized for UT Officials to give an overview
of the GIS technology which is extensively being used in smart city projects.
Such webinars are need of the hour to keep
senior officials well aware of the emerging technologies which can be
utilized in delivering effective
&efficient governance.
The webinar was
designed for giving a brief introduction to how geography matters and how GIS
is used in our daily routine. The idea
is to make officials understand the basic concept of GIS and its application in
different organizations .The webinar was focused on need of GIS
to create support system for planning, execution, analysis and
evaluation of ground reality which
will further create a conducive
environment for making better policies
which will further lead to good
governance. During webinar participants were given brief insight about types of
analysis that can be done with GIS map and how optimum use of GIS technology
can help departments like; Municipal Corporation, Police Engineering Department
and Estate office to improve their workflows and services to citizens. The webinar
ended with question & answer round where officials asked queries related to hardware
requirement for GIS, availability of GIS Resource person and availability
of GIS library which
can be tapped
for any use. All queries were
well addressed.
Ms. Nazuk Kumar, IAS,
Director Information Technology, Chandigarh Administration, said “Such
webinars should be organized on regular basis for UT
officials which will help in paving ways
for using new technology in governance.She further added that GISis by far
the quickest and most efficient method of creating maps and similar
graphics. As GIS is so powerful at
representing conditions in an area it
can help policy makers understand issues more clearly, and lead to
policies that address reality in rational ways.”
The webinar was
attended by senior officials of Chandigarh Police, Professors of Chandigarh
College of Architect, Senior officials of Urban planning and Municipal
Corporation. Looking at the effectiveness and acceptability of webinars among
UT officials, SPIC is planning to hold
more such GIS webinar in future which
will be department specific like;
Municipal Corporation,
Engineering Department , Department of
Urban Planning, Estate office, Chandigarh
Police who are playing a pivotal role in smart city projects.
Taking leverage of
online platform, SPIC is already conducting ICT training for UT Employees
through virtual classroom during. The
entire ICT training is being conducted online where live classes are taken by
SPIC faculty. UT employees are attending training from comfort
of their office /home which helps
them to maintain social & physical
distancing to curb the spread of virus and at the same is helping
them to hone their IT
skills during this pandemic.
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