National Geospatial Awards 2025

The jury/ organizing committee of the National Geospatial Awards 2025 (Edition 02) has voted to honour “Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad”, with the ‘Best University (National) Award’, during the ‘Open Source GIS Day’ celebrations at IIT Bombay on 17 July 2025. This award is being bestowed for VTU and its affiliated colleges’ active contributions to Geospatial Sciences and Technology, and participation in FOSSEE GIS’s Open Source GIS activities. Sincere thanks to the Visvesvaraya National Memorial Trust for their support and input.

The jury has also voted to honour Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Thatiparthi (University College of Engineering, Science and Technology with the National Geospatial Faculty Fellow (Jury) Award during the event for his exemplary contributions to the first of geospatial sciences and technology.