Geospatial Technologies for Agriculture

Dr. K. V. Raju is Theme Leader, Policy & Impact, Research Program-Asia, at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Telangana, and Economic Adviser to the Chief Minister of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Previously, he was Economic Adviser to the Chief Minister of the Government of Karnataka for five years. Before that, he was Professor and Head at the Center for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. He has worked in the International Water Management Institute, Colombo; the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC; and the Institute for Economic Growth, Delhi. Dr. Raju also worked on a community based tank rehabilitation programme of Karnataka, united Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Dr. V. R. Hegde possesses expert knowledge in management principles, and best practices and guidelines related to resources development and management. He has more than25 years of experience in the field of Strategic Advisories, Management Consulting, Project Conceptualization, Project Planning, Delivery, and Business Development and Implementation. He is a specialist in Groundwater management, spatial database, Consulting, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing Technology, Decision Support System (DSS) and e-governance initiatives. Dr. Hegde has extensive experience in conceptualizing multidisciplinary inventories, monitoring and evaluating practices and developing quantitative/qualitative methodologies for development initiatives.

Satish A. Hegde has more than 20 years of experience in the field of information generation, evaluation, and plans for sustainable use using Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS techniques in various capacities. He is involved in performing Software Requirement studies, preparing project proposals, identifying project teams, creating project plans, coordinating with clients and project teams, and projectprogress monitoring for various web based GIS and MIS integrated applications for rural asset mapping, command area information and management, franchise information and management, and crop inventory mapping.