The 42 International Congress of the Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA) is being organised by the National Hydrographic Office (NHO), Dehradun from 09 to 11 Nov 22.
Key points
- The Governor of Uttarakhand Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, (Retd.) was the Chief Guest for the Inaugural Session on 09 Nov 22.
- The Chief Hydrographer to the Govt. of India, Vice Admiral Adhir Arora, is the current President of INCA.
- The personnel of the Naval Hydrographic Department (NHD) working on the cutting edge of cartography have been active in the INCA since its inception in 1979.
- The INCA was founded in 1979 and has evolved into one of the largest organisations in the field of cartography with more than 3000 life and institutional members.
- Organisations such as the National Hydrographic Office (NHO), Survey of India, Indian Space Research Organisation, National Thematic Map Organisation and Universities are part of this Association.
- The body has various branches functioning at different centers across the country to harmonise various aspects of cartography.
- The focal theme for the 42d INCA Congress is ‘Digital Cartography to Harness Blue Economy’.
