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The dense fabric and the complex infrastructural arrangement in urban areas owing to the high
population calls for data-informed disaster risk management and planning. The role of geospatial
mapping, thus, is being globally increased in managing urban risks. The mapping tools enable the
spatial representation of the demographics and its relationship to natural and built environments
strengthening the planning capabilities of cities in all spheres. The geospatial mapping is also
applied in various aspects of public health like that of disease surveillance, spatial epidemiology,
child immunization tracking and health policy research. The application of geospatial mapping in
public health could be traced back to 1854 when the water source responsible for the cholera
outbreak in London was identified using Geographical Information System (GIS) by an English
Physician John Snow. The incorporation of geospatial mapping in the present context of COVID-
19 pandemic outbreak has become remarkably significant in several aspects like contact tracing,
online shopping and retailing, remote monitoring and operation of supply chains, etc. However,
the pandemic has also shed light on the inefficacies of geospatial mapping in the present time like
that of lack of databases of socio-economic parameters, disaggregated demographic data,
infrastructure benchmarking and informal sector records, among others. The situation beckons for
collaboration of academic and research institutes with government agencies to develop dynamic
and disaggregated geospatial databases.
In this context, National Institute of Disaster Management organising a Webinar on “Role of
Geospatial Mapping in managing Pandemic: Applications and Interventions for Resilience”
on 28th July 2:00 – 4:00 pm to bring together all the stakeholders including academic and research
institutes, geospatial experts, policymakers, technocrats, government agencies and budding
professionals to chart actions for addressing the existing lacunae and further advancements. The
webinar was initiated by a brief overview by Dr. Chandrani Bandyopadhyay Neogi, Assistant
Professor, NIDM. Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal, VSM, Executive Director, NIDM graced
the webinar with his keynote address followed by sessions by eminent speakers including Dr. P.K.
Champati Ray, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun; Dr. Balamurugan Guru,
Central University of Tamil Nadu and Prof. Kamal Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
(IIT-R). The technical sessions were followed by an open-house discussion addressing the queries
of the participants. Ms. Mohana Manna, Young Professional, NIDM moderated the webinar.
Around 171 participants attended the webinar throughout while around 250 participants joined.
The detailed list of the attendants has been annexed herewith.
Dr. Chandrani Bandyopadhyay Neogi set the webinar in motion with a warm welcome to all the
eminent speakers and participants and a brief overview of the programme. She emphasized on the
growing need of geospatial technology in urban risk mitigation along with other developmental
projects. She further accentuated that the geospatial mapping acts as aid to decision-informative
planning reducing the risks and vulnerabilities in an urban context.
Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal highlighted the importance of geospatial mapping in
managing pandemic and in overall public health. He highlighted the initiatives taken by
Government of India that are based on geospatial mapping such as the launch of Aarogya Setu
App for contact tracing. He also pointed out on the existing gap and the lacunae that has raised
challenges during the pandemic. He stressed that with the unlocking of the pandemic-induced
lockdowns across the country, the unavailability of micro-level data has become a major hindrance
to analyse the trend of contamination and impact assessment at the community level.
Dr. P.K. Champati Ray during his session presented on “Geospatial technology: Vulnerability
and risk Assessment”. He covered various aspects of incorporating geospatial technology for
assessment of vulnerability and risks varying from regional to household level. He also delivered
the key methodology that needs to be followed for risk assessment at any level. He also shared
various studies carried out for management of COVID-19 pandemic incorporating geospatial
mapping. He also shed light on several applications and future interventions that can be carried
out for geospatial mapping.
Dr. Balamurugan Guru focused on the role of geospatial mapping in urban public health. He
pointed out the several opportunities for future interventions that must be carried out to strengthen
public health in general. He further discussed several health hazards and how geospatial mapping
can be used for managing risks related to them by citing various case studies. He also discussed
tracing of several communicable diseases using geospatial technology in national as well as global
context. He concluded his session by citing the barriers in mainstreaming geospatial mapping due
to unavailability of data.
Prof. Kamal Jain discussed about several techniques of mapping urban information. He discussed
about various techniques of data collection at micro-level using remote sensing, Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs), etc. He also spoke about the different techniques of mapping the raw data
collected and the ways of analysing them. He also shared the applications of data collection
techniques in the present context of pandemic outbreak. Further, he shared a case study analysing
the impact of lockdown and the level of contamination in any particular area.
Key takeaways
Geospatial mapping serves as the foundation for assessing and managing hazards and risks in
urban areas. Various applications of geospatial technology in the field of disaster risk management
have been discussed during the webinar. The webinar also highlighted the opportunities and
challenges in the present context that needs to be worked upon. Some of the major takeaways are
as follows:
Availability of high-resolution spatial data needs to be ensured without comprising the
national security.
Need for capacity building for application of geospatial technology in departments and
authorities related to developmental projects.
Collaboration between medical professionals and spatial scientists needs to be abridged for
improvement of public health scenario.
Data records needs to be maintained uniformly across the nation for effective analysis.
Privacy issues and spatial aggregation needs to be looked after.
Internet based geospatial mapping should also be mainstreamed for ease of use and
accessibility.
Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for collection and mapping of data at micro-
level.
Need for developing disaggregated database at micro-levels for impact assessment of
disasters like that of the ongoing pandemic.
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Presentations
List of Participants
S.N. Name Email Duration
1 Abby Varghese [email protected] 79 mins
2 Adrija Raha [email protected] 120 mins
3 Ahana Mukherjee [email protected] 117 mins
4 Ajay Rautela [email protected] 139 mins
5 AJAY SINGH MANAWAT [email protected] 134 mins
6 Akash Biswas [email protected] 113 mins
7 Akshay Bajaj [email protected] 119 mins
8 Akshay Jyoti Medhi [email protected] 123 mins
9 Alen Mariyam Thomas [email protected] 123 mins
10 AMRITA BANERJEE [email protected] 128 mins
11 Anasua Chakraborty [email protected] 115 mins
12 Anirban Halder [email protected] 110 mins
13 Anis Aayub Bagwan [email protected] 111 mins
14 Anita Singh [email protected] 92 mins
15 Anjali Vijayan [email protected] 130 mins
16 Anumita Mondal [email protected] 94 mins
17 Anumol Sajeev [email protected] 113 mins
18 Anup Kumar Dey [email protected] 121 mins
19 Anurupa Saha [email protected] 85 mins
20 Aravindh Mahez [email protected] 100 mins
21 Aravinth R [email protected] 113 mins
22 Arnab Borgohain [email protected] 81 mins
23 Arumugam Jothibasu [email protected] 79 mins
24 Arun Kumar [email protected] 73 mins
25 Arvind Chauhan [email protected] 131 mins
26 Ashish Kumar Vijay [email protected] 103 mins
27 Ashish Mishra [email protected] 110 mins
28 Atul Kumar [email protected] 122 mins
29 Avtar Singh [email protected] 80 mins
30 Ayush Tiwari [email protected] 74 mins
31 Bankim Mahanta [email protected] 117 mins
32 Bhagyashree Das [email protected] 84 mins
33 Bhumika Rai [email protected] 96 mins
34 Bomli Ngucho [email protected] 131 mins
35 Bubul Kalita [email protected] 117 mins
36 Chandra Kant Pawe [email protected] 109 mins
37 CHIRAG ROHILLA [email protected] 97 mins
38 Chittimala Nagaraju [email protected] 132 mins
39 Colins Johnny J [email protected] 93 mins
40 D.Prasamita Sarkar [email protected] 103 mins
41 Daisy Moni Borah [email protected] 134 mins
42 DEBOLINA SARKAR [email protected] 103 mins
43 Deshmukh Nilam Dnyaneshwar [email protected] 77 mins
44 Dibas Mandal [email protected] 77 mins
45 Dilbhag [email protected] 119 mins
46 DIPIKA MONDAL [email protected] 121 mins
47 Dr Neha Sharma [email protected] 117 mins
48 Dr Paramesha J R [email protected] 107 mins
49 Dr RAGHAVENDRA M [email protected] 127 mins
50 Dr. Droupti Yadav [email protected] 118 mins
51 Dr. G. JEYABAL [email protected] 205 mins
52 Dr. Pallvi Sharma [email protected] 104 mins
53 Dr. Rajendra Parmar [email protected] 130 mins
54 Dr. Ravibabu [email protected] 130 mins
55 Dr.Damodar Panda [email protected] 82 mins
56 Dr.K.ARUNA KUMARI [email protected] 127 mins
57 Durlove Jyoti Borah [email protected] 111 mins
58 Ebormi S Langshiang [email protected] 128 mins
59 FALGUNI BAG [email protected] 92 mins
60 Garima [email protected] 90 mins
61 Gaurav Tiwari [email protected] 219 mins
62 Gitima Pathak [email protected] 122 mins
63 GOPAL LAL MEENA [email protected] 128 mins
64 Gurdeep Singh Bagga [email protected] 105 mins
65 Gurmeet Singh [email protected] 126 mins
66 Harbakhash Singh [email protected] 126 mins
67 Harshita [email protected] 146 mins
68 Himadri Dutta [email protected] 73 mins
69 IFTIKHAR BEIGH [email protected] 117 mins
70 Iksha Singh [email protected] 136 mins
71 Ila Gupta [email protected] 91 mins
72 Inbarasan K G [email protected] 112 mins
73 Indrajit Mondal [email protected] 103 mins
74 IRFAN AHMAD BHAT [email protected] 124 mins
75 JAS RAJ [email protected] 80 mins
76 Jhantu Dey [email protected] 107 mins
77 K. Karthika [email protected] 89 mins
78 K. VASUDEVAN [email protected] 83 mins
79 K.NAGARAJAN [email protected] 95 mins
80 Kavita Choudhary [email protected] 121 mins
81 Kavya Jeevan [email protected] 125 mins
82 KRISHNA DAS [email protected] 122 mins
83 KUMANAN. S [email protected] 107 mins
84 Kundan Kunwar Chouhan [email protected] 219 mins
85 LAKSHMI NARAYANA NAGISETTY [email protected] 118 mins
86 Lakshya Yog [email protected] 95 mins
87 Lokesh Kanth [email protected] 111 mins
88 M Baharuddin Shah [email protected] 87 mins
89 Madhavan Dhanabalan [email protected] 119 mins
90 MADHUMANTI SARKAR [email protected] 115 mins
91 Madhurima Purkait [email protected] 117 mins
92 Mamta Pandey [email protected] 119 min
93 MANISH Kr GUPTA [email protected] 128 mins
94 Manmeet Singh Arora [email protected] 111 mins
95 Manoj Jangir [email protected] 121 mins
96 Manoj Kumar Patley [email protected] 90 mins
97 Mijanur Ansary [email protected] 122 mins
98 Mohammad Saleem [email protected] 108 mins
99 MOHAMMED SALIM S [email protected] 75 mins
100 Mohd Waseem [email protected] 112 mins
101 MR. SRIRAMAN.K [email protected] 88 mins
102 Mukesh Kumar Saubhagya [email protected] 112 mins
103 Navdeep singh [email protected] 90 mins
104 Nitin Rathi [email protected] 115 mins
105 Onkar Puri [email protected] 122 mins
106 Perminder Singh [email protected] 128 mins
107 Pradosh Ranjan Jena [email protected] 139 mins
108 Prashant Goklani [email protected] 109 mins
109 PRASHANT JOGI [email protected] 90 mins
110 Pratik Chaturvedi [email protected] 111 mins
111 Pratik Deb [email protected] 108 mins
112 PRITAM BANIK [email protected] 114 mins
113 Pritipadmaja [email protected] 110 mins
114 Priyanka Das [email protected] 109 mins
115 PRIYANKA GHOSH [email protected] 106 mins
116 Prof.S.Anbazhagan [email protected] 117 mins
117 Rahul Pandit [email protected] 91 mins
118 Rajan Kumar [email protected] 131 mins
119 Rajdeep Deb [email protected] 117 mins
120 RAJU GHOSH [email protected] 105 mins
121 Raju Roy [email protected] 125 mins
122 Ramamohanarao [email protected] 124 mins
123 Ramesh Veerappan [email protected] 110 mins
124 Ravi Prakash Verma [email protected] 100 mins
125 Rinku Nag Biswas [email protected] 74 mins
126 Rohan Mark [email protected] 132 mins
127 Rolland Andrade [email protected] 124 mins
128 Sagar Valanju [email protected] 121 mins
129 Sai Kiran [email protected] 128 mins
130 Sangita Sarangi [email protected] 124 mins
131 Sanith Jeffrey [email protected] 83 mins
132 Sanjib Das [email protected] 120 mins
133 Sanjit Kundu [email protected] 117 mins
134 Sanjukta Das [email protected] 96 mins
135 SANTOSH KUMARI PATEL [email protected] 110 mins
136 SANU KUMAR SAHA [email protected] 100 mins
137 sayan Samanta [email protected] 123 mins
138 Sayani Malik [email protected] 115 mins
139 Sayantan Samui [email protected] 80 mins
140 Shaheed Ahmad [email protected] 112 mins
141 Sharad Deep [email protected] 120 mins
142 Shivyank Singh Negi [email protected] 97 mins
143 SIVARANJANI [email protected] 76 mins
144 Snigdha Mondal [email protected] 114 mins
145 Sohini Pal [email protected] 77 mins
146 Somnath Bera [email protected] 124 mins
147 Sourabh Anand [email protected] 116 mins
148 SREEJITH SREEKUMAR [email protected] 115 mins
149 Subhash Chand Jogi [email protected] 115 mins
150 Sujang Khiamniungan [email protected] 93 mins
151 Sunayana Chandra [email protected] 106 mins
152 Surendar Babu [email protected] 124 mins
153 Surya Prakash [email protected] 107 mins
154 Susmita Oraon [email protected] 119 mins
155 Tamilarasan K [email protected] 77 mins
156 Tanmay Sardar [email protected] 95 mins
157 Tejaswita Moktan [email protected] 101 mins
158 Vachaspati Pandey [email protected] 116 mins
159 vijay kumar meena [email protected] 105 mins
160 Vikas Kumar [email protected] 105 mins
161 VIKASH KUMAR [email protected] 133 mins
162 Vikram [email protected] 118 mins
163 Vinod Kumar Yadav [email protected] 127 mins
164 Visakh V [email protected] 142 mins
165 Vishal S. Gholap [email protected] 101 mins
166 Vivekanand Vijaykumar Kadam [email protected] 112 mins
167 Yaminee Sharma [email protected] 97 mins
168 Yashraj Jain [email protected] 123 mins
169 Yogesh Santosh Moraye [email protected] 189 mins
170 Yusuf Farooqi [email protected] 88 mins
171 Zainab Reza [email protected] 112 mins
Webinar on
Role of Geospatial Mapping in managing Pandemic: Applications and
Interventions for Resilience
28th July 2020
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Organised by
National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
Background
The rapid urbanisation owing to the expeditious increase in population, coupled with extreme
climatic events, has increased the vulnerabilities of urban communities in the modern era. The
dense fabric and the complex infrastructural arrangement in urban areas call for data-informed
planning to build resilience. The role of geospatial mapping, thus, is being globally increased in
managing urban risks. It serves as the foundation for assessing and managing hazards and risks for
minimising urban vulnerabilities. The mapping tools enable the spatial representation of the
demographics and its relationship to natural and built environments strengthening the planning
capabilities of cities in all spheres.
Geospatial mapping plays a crucial role in the urban public health sector as well. The application
of geospatial mapping in public health could be traced back to 1854 when the water source
responsible for the cholera outbreak in London was identified using Geographical Information
System (GIS) by an English Physician John Snow. In the present time, the application of geospatial
mapping has extended to various other aspects of public health like disease surveillance, spatial
epidemiology, child immunization tracking and health policy research.
With more than three lakhs of active COVID-19 cases in the country, the need for geospatial
mapping has become remarkably significant. The launch of Aarogya Setu App by the Government
of India based on geospatial databases for contact tracing of active COVID-19 cases is an evidence
to that. A majority of the population in the country has also shifted to online buying of daily
essentials through navigation-based apps. Further, the geospatial mapping services has also
enabled the business sectors to monitor and operate supply chains remotely. The pandemic,
however, has also highlighted several inefficacies in the application of geospatial mapping that
needs to be addressed such as lack of databases of socio-economic parameters, disaggregated
demographic data, infrastructure benchmarking and informal sector records, among others. With
the unlocking of the pandemic-induced lockdowns across the country, the unavailability of micro-
level data has become a major challenge to analyse the trend of contamination at the community
level. The paucity of data at micro-level would also act as a barrier for impact assessment of the
pandemic. The situation beckons for collaboration of academic and research institutes with
government agencies to develop dynamic and disaggregated geospatial databases.
About the Webinar
In this context, the National Institute of Disaster Management is organising a Webinar on “Role
of Geospatial Mapping in managing Pandemic: Applications and Interventions for
Resilience” on 28th July from 2:00 – 4:00 pm for incorporation of geospatial mapping in
strengthening resilience. The focus of the webinar is to bring together all the stakeholders including
academic and research institutes, geospatial experts, policymakers, technocrats, government
agencies and budding professionals to chart actions for addressing the existing lacunae and further
advancement in this field.
Programme Team
Patron
Maj Gen Manoj K Bindal, VSM
Executive Director, NIDM
Convenor
Dr Chandrani Bandyopadhyay
Assistant Professor, NIDM
Moderator
Ms Mohana Manna, Young Professional, NIDM
IT Support
NIDM IT Team
Session Plan
Session Theme Speaker Duration
Welcome and Programme
Overview
Dr Chandrani Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Professor,
NIDM
5 mins
Keynote Address Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal, ED, NIDM 10 mins
Geospatial Technology:
Risks and Vulnerability
Assessment
Dr. P.K. Champati Ray, Group Head, Geosciences
and Disaster Management Studies Group, Indian
Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun
20 mins
Role of Geospatial
mapping in Urban Health
Dr. Balamurugan Guru, Associate Professor, Centre
for Geo Informatics, Jamsetji Tata School of
Disaster Studies
20 mins
Mapping of Urban
Information: A way
forward
Prof. Kamal Jain, Department of Civil Engineering,
IIT Roorkee
20 mins
Q&A Moderator, NIDM 20 mins
Summing up and
Conclusion
5 mins
Registration
Interested candidates may register at https://forms.gle/fdYYy8rXKgV5tzjG6. The link for meeting
and log in details would be sent individually.
