Maj Gen (Dr) Siva Kumar Rachapudi (Retd)

Engineer, soldier, surveyor, and scientist

Maj Gen Dr R Siva Kumar, an engineer, soldier, surveyor, and passionate scientist, dedicated 45 years to promoting geospatial technologies across government, academia, industry, and NGOs. He played a key role in establishing the National Spatial Data Infrastructure and advocating for relaxed geospatial data policies like National Map Policy 2005, Remote Sensing Data Policy 2011, National Data Sharing, Accessibility Policy – 2012 and National Geospatial Policy 2021.

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