Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26 -- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar and the Odisha & Chhattisgarh Geo-Spatial Directorate of the Survey of India (SoI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in the areas of Geodesy, Geo-informatics, mapping technologies, and geospatial research.

IIT sources said on Wednesday that the MoU was signed by Prof. Dinakar Pasla, Dean (Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy) of IIT Bhubaneswar and Asish Kausal, Director of Odisha and Chhattisgarh Geo-Spatial Directorate, Survey of India, on Tuesday.

The partnership aims to combine the Survey of India's technical expertise in geospatial science with IIT Bhubaneswar's research strength in remote sensing applications, ge...