Call for Proposals in NGP, DST, Govt. of India: Apply by 30 Nov. 2020

October 29, 2020

Designation/Position- Call for Proposals in NGP

National Geospatial Program (NGP), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India invites application for Call for Proposals in NGP from eligible and interested candidates

About- Initiated in 1982, the erstwhile Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) has successfully demonstrated utilities of geospatial technologies in decision-making and developed capacity for geospatial data and information management at state, district and local levels at a pilot scale. The proof of concept phase being over, NRDMS has evolved into the National Geospatial Programme (NGP). Call for Proposals in NGP

Research/Job Area- Geospatial Science and Technology

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Location- New Delhi

Eligibility/Qualification–

Job/Position Description-

NGP has instituted a capacity building program, the goals and objectives of which are outlined below.
Goal: To build knowledge and adaptation capacity of geospatial science and technology at various levels.
Objectives–
 Capacity building in teaching, research, development and use of geospatial technologies.
 Promote the use of open source geospatial technologies.
 To encourage and nurture innovation among the youth of our country through the Geo Innovation Challenge.
 Promote networking of government, academic, research and industrial organizations.

Expectations from the coordinators
 It is mandatory for the PIs to attend a two-day orientation program at the Institute of Environment Education and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune prior to conducting the capacity building program. This may be conducted in online mode due to the present situation.
 Brochures of their proposed training program need to be uploaded on the http://dst-iget.in portal ATLEAST TWO MONTHS prior to conducting the program for wide publicity.
 PIs MUST take efforts to publicize the program within their states widely and make special efforts to get participants from government organizations, NGOs from interior areas within their states.
 PIs are expected to follow the course curriculum outlined in the portal for Level 1 and conduct the hands on session with open source geospatial software ONLY.
 PIs conducting a Level 2 program should clearly develop a set of hands on sessions with open source software only, building upon the curriculum of Level 1 in the proposal.
 All PIs of Level 1 and Level 2 must facilitate the implementation of a mini project by the participant. This is an integral part of the program content. All mini projects in designated format must be included with the final report.
 PIs conducting Level 2 programs must prepare four tutorials using open source software only in the chosen theme for upload on the portal. This is a pre requisite for final settlement of the grant.
 Pre and post assessment and feedback must be conducted by the PIs through the http://dst-iget.in portal.
 There must be a minimum of 25 and maximum of 30 participants for the program for all three programs.
 Research scholars from host and other institutions and representatives from NGOs should not exceed twenty percent respectively of the total participant strength in a particular program.

Expected participant profile of the 21 day summer/winter school in geospatial science and technology. (Level 1)
 Faculty of colleges and universities.
 State and central government officials.
 Personnel from research institutions.
 School teachers.
 Research Scholars*
 NGOs registered with the DARPAN portal*

(*Numbers of NGOs and Research Scholars are limited to not more than twenty percent of the total participant strength
in a program).

Expected participant profile of the 21 day summer/winter school in geospatial science and technology. (Level 2)
 Same as Level 1
 The participants should have prior experience of working with geospatial software as this is an advanced course. Expected participant profile of the three day Geo Innovation Challenge
 Young professionals under the age of 35 years with a doctoral degree from any recognized University and at least with one paper published in SCOPUS/Web of Science indexed journals.
 Individuals with industry or field experience and innovative original ideas without the required degree will also be considered.

Criteria for selection
 The PI must have proven expertise in the field of geospatial science and technology evidenced by publications /patents, experience in working with youth and conducting national level seminars and capacity building programs in same field and should hold a permanent position in the organization.
 Institutions must have at least 4 in-house faculty with required specialization for conducting ~ 70% of the course content, have high teacher/ student ratio for hands on practice.
 Must have strong infrastructure with reference to the inhouse guest house, well equipped facilities for hands-on training etc. All the hands-on sessions must be conducted in the institutional laboratory only and not with laptops of participants. Kindly mention clearly if institutional laboratory will be available for use of participants during the course.
 Coordinators should be prepared for the residential course, however in view of current COVID-19 scenario, should be agreeable for shifting to online mode if needed.

How to Apply-

Interested coordinators can submit their proposals in the requisite format (provided on page 7 of this brochure) along with
their bio data on or before the date mentioned in the Call For Proposals.
The proposals should be submitted at https://onlinedst.gov.in/ in proper format following the guidelines and duly forwarded by Head of the Institute / University as mentioned in the digital brochure at https://dst.gov.in/callforproposals and IGET portal (https://dst-iget.in). Non-governmental organization (Deemed and private universities and research and development organization) should be registered at the ngodarpan.gov.in portal of the Government of India.

For Contact- For any other query and submission of proposal kindly contact:
Dr. D. Dutta, Head and Scientist ‘G’ / Dr. Shubha Pandey, Scientist ‘D’
National Geospatial Program (erstwhile NRDMS), Department of Science & Technology,
Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi – 110 016 (Telefax: 011-26851967)
Email: ddutta@nic.in / shubha.p@nic.in
NOTE: The e-version of the proposal duly endorsed from the Head of the organization should be submitted as a single
pdf document under Capacity Building in Geospatial Science and Technology scheme of National Geospatial Programme Division (erstwhile NRDMS) at https://onlinedst.gov.in/.