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**INCOIS Awarded National Geospatial Practitioner Award for Open Source GIS Innovation**

**HYDERABAD, July 17, 2025** – The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has been recognized for its exceptional application of open-source spatial technologies, receiving the National Geospatial Practitioner Award 2025. The award ceremony took place at IIT Bombay during the Open Source GIS Day (Edition 02) on Thursday.

Former ISRO Chairman, A.S. Kiran Kumar, presented the award to INCOIS Director T.M. Balakrishnan Nair, acknowledging the organization’s pioneering efforts in utilizing open-source solutions within the geospatial field.

This award highlights INCOIS’s commitment to innovation and its significant contributions to the advancement of geospatial technology in India.

**The Hindu**

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