Nagpur, 08 Apr

(HS): The Maharashtra Government has approved convert the Maharashtra Remote

Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC) in Nagpur into a company, and to register it

under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013.

MRSAC is

currently registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The approval

to convert the status of MRSAC into a Company was granted by the Maharashtra Cabinet

on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

With the change

is status the work related to road network, urban planning, watershed

development, hilly area development, e-panchanama, agro-technology, mangrove

studies, groundwater management, mining etc, is expected to improve.

MRSAC was established

in 1988 to utilise geospatial technology in planning and decision making

processes. Recently technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine

Learning, Internet of Things, Web Services, Cloud Computing etc, were

introduced.

The decision to

convert MRSAC into a company was taken to effectively meet the present and

future challenges. The registered office of the company will be at Nagpur with

sub-centres (Branches) at Pune and Mumbai. The Chief Secretary will be the

ex-officio Chairperson of the Company and the new post of Managing Director

will be created. The operations of the company will be governed by the Board of

Directors.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar