Welcome Manoj Karingamadathil State of the Map Kerala 2025, Organizing Committee
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9:15 AM
Chair Addressing Gathering Dr. Jayapal G Associate Professor & Head of the Department
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9:30 AM
Opening Ceremony: Inauguration
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Participatory Panchayat Resource Mapping: Scope and Challenges Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay Retd Scientist, Centre for Earth Science Studies; Consultant, Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council
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10:15 AM
Keynote Address Mapping for resilient Kerala Dr. Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose Member Secretary, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority
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10:45 AM
Foundation Address Board Members, OpenStreetMap Foundation
11:00 AM Tea Break
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11:15 AM
Maps for Decision Making and Story Telling Raj Bhagat Palanichamy Senior Manager, GeoAnalytics, World Resources Institute (WRI) India
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11:45 PM
Navigating the World: Enhancing the Accessibility of OpenStreetMap for the Visually Impaired Community K. Sathyaseelan and Nalin Sathyan Zendalona
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12:15 PM
State of the Map Kerala 2025 Reporting Jaisen Nedumpala OpenStreetMap Kerala Community
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12:45 PM
Group Photo
Lunch Break
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2:00 PM
GIS for Micro and Pico Watershed Development Dr. Radhakrishnan Kinattinkara Former Professor of Geology & Geomatics, Nitte University
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2:15 PM
Mapping as a Tool for Conservation of Critically Endangered Mangrove Ecosystems of South India: A Case Study from Kannur District of Kerala M. Ramith & P. P. Rajan
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2:30 PM
Protecting Our Shoreline Protectors: Experimenting with a New Conservation Model Dr. Sanal C. Viswanath Assistant Manager and Officer-in-Charge, Kannur Kandal Project, Wildlife Trust of India
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2:45 PM
Advancing Biodiversity Research through iNaturalist- Integrating Citizen Science and Open Data for Ecological Insights Sneha C iNaturalist Kerala Community; Department of Forestry, Sir Syed College, Taliparamba
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3:00 PM
Spatial Distribution of Sacred Groves in Thiruvananthapuram Taluk, Kerala, South India Parvathy G Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram
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3:15 PM
TomTom's Journey with OpenStreetMap Communities Kiran Ahire Community Manager, Asia Pacific, TomTom
Tea Break
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3:30 PM
1 Year of amche.in - How We Built a Reusable Open Source Map Data Library for Goa Arun Ganesh Goa Foundation
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3:45 PM
Wikidata Birthday Ranjith Siji
Lightning Talks
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4:00 PM
GTA Vice City Styled OpenStreetMap Subin Siby
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4:15 PM
Making Open Data Useful: Lessons from Diagram Chasing Aman Bhargava and Vivek Matthew Diagram Chasing
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4:30 PM
A Journey of Building Scientific Temperament Through Maps Ark Arjun Geominds
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4:45 PM
Parliamentary Informatics Project on Interventions in Kerala Legislative Assembly Arun PS Atyeti Research Athul R T Sahya Foundation
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5:00 PM
Mapping Malayalam Books: A Linked Data - Geospatial Experiment Manoj Karingamadathil Grandham Project, Sahya Digital Conservation Foundation
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5:10 PM
Assessment of Multihazard Vulnerability in Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu Pratheesha P Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, M G University, Kottayam
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5:20 PM
Sustainable Development Goal Assessment using Weighted Overlay Method Amaya Prakash M P Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, M G University, Kottayam
Day 2 (November 16, 2025)
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6:30 AM
Mangrove Walk to Kannur Kandal Project Lead by: VC Balakrishnan, Sneha C, Vimal, Haritha
Morning Parallel Sessions
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10:30 AM
OSM Introduction Workshop Vipin OSM Kerala
Wikidata Workshop for Data Visualization of Kerala Local Body Election 2025 Jinoy Tom Jacob, Athul RT Wikidata Kerala Project
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11:30 AM
TomTom's Workshop Kiran Ahire Community Manager, Asia Pacific, TomTom
School Mapping Ranjith, Vijayan Mash, Kelvin, Manoj, Rajaneesh
Lunch Break
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2:00 PM
QGIS Workshop Arjun, Jaisen OSGeo Kerala
Creating High Resolution Print Maps with OSM Vector Tiles in QGIS Arun Ganesh Goa Foundation
