The FOSSEE GIS Mandates

To participate in any of the FOSSEE GIS activities, the participating individual/team(s)/Institutions must follow the mandates as listed below:

• Indian Citizens Only.
• The participant(s) must be a bona fide students/faculty/staff of the institution recognized by UGC/AICTE/AIU or a body recognized by the Union and/or State Government.
• Use only Free/Libre Open Source Software/Open Source Hardware.
• Activity must align with at least one SDG (UNDP).
• The study area should be India-specific.
• Work on real-life data sets based on the Indian context.
• Datasets must be “non-sensitive” and from a “genuine/valid source”.
• Adhere to the (Indian) National Geospatial Policy 2022 and Indian Space Policy 2023.
• Use shapefiles from the Survey of India Portal ONLY.
• Use Indian satellite data from ISRO-NRSC’s MOSDAC, Bhuvan, Vedas, Bhoonidhi portals, and indigenous Indian technologies like NavIC, etc.
• Problem statements can be inclined toward the PM Gati Shakti Portal (recommended).
• The qualified entries of all IIT Bombay FOSSEE GIS (NMEICT) initiatives shall be released under the Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA or related) license.