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Bhubaneswar: Odisha won the Geospatial World Excellence Award-2018 for successful IT application in tracking mineral production and dispatch on real-time basis through integrated mines and mineral management system (i3MS).
Union Science and Technology and Earth Science Minister YS Choudhury handed over the prestigious award to Senior Scientist of Odisha Space Application Centre (ORSAC) Pradipta Mishra at the Geospatial World Forum meeting held in Hyderabad recently.
Around 3000 geospatial experts from 90 different countries attended the meeting.
The GPS linked web-based software named i3MS, designed by scientists of ORSAC, Bhubaneswar has been acknowledged as the best practice of IT intervention to regulate mining activities at the national level. All the mineral transporting trucks have been put under GPS surveillance and the roads as well as mines have been geo-referenced.
The Central Coordination-cum-Empowered Committee of Ministry of Mines has recommended all states to adopt i3MS for better mineral administration.
Initiated in 2007, Geospatial World Awards is an internationally-acclaimed private award, recognizing exemplary innovations and practices in the global geospatial industry. With the ceremony taking place at Geospatial World Forum every year, Geospatial World Awards have recognized over 150 individuals and organizations till date.
Odisha Chef Minister Naveen Patnaik and Chief Secretary and Chairman of Odisha Space Application Centre AP Padhi congratulated scientists of ORSAC along with officers of Steel and Mines department for successful designing, application and use of this IT model.
“Odisha is recognised as a leader state in country for total transparency in mining & mineral operations through path-breaking tech solutions. Congratulations to ORSAC on Geospatial Excellence Award 2018 for i3MS, a transformational innovation in the field,” said Patnaik on twitter.
Ms Kalinga