House Numbering System for Bangalore City

Numbering of houses in the Bangalore city as carried out by the City Corporation in the 70's was found to suffer from a lot of deficiencies since it did not follow a common ...

Popularization of Science

In order to popularize the achievements and methods of science, and thereby inculcate a scientific attitude in Karnataka, particularly among students and ...

Computers in Administration: A Demonstration Project in the District of Gulbarga

KSCST had identified public administration as one of the important areas for introduction of computers as a means of improving the efficiency ...

A Study of Bangalore as an Urban Ecosystem

The Urban Ecosystem approach involves a study of cities "as the loci of living population interacting with natural and built environment. These interactions take place ...

GEOSPATIAL DATABASES FOR URBAN PLANNING - MYSORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Mysore Urban Development Authority, Mysore intends to setup a web based GIS system to observe, monitor, update various properties and plots within the MUDA area with the information on availability of other amenities like telephone lines, electric poles, drains, water and sewage details, roads width, pavements width, CA / parks / playgrounds etc.

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GEO-SPATIAL DATABASE ON CHINA

The study proposed to assess and understand the science and technology developments in China during the last decade. In this context the study was aimed at assessing the human resources pursuing science in China, the system of science education prevailing in the country, the thrust areas in the research institutions in the country. 

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PREPARATION AND PRINTING OF PLANNING ATLAS OF KARNATAKA

The State Planning Board, Directorate of Economics and Statistics and the Council have jointly taken up the task of preparing "Planning Atlas of Karnataka" in the form of pictorial representation and statistical information on development indicators.

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MAPPING OF LAYOUT PLANS OF BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES

Bangalore Development Authority intended to create digital database of all the layouts coming under its jurisdiction to plan and monitor all its developmental activities using geospatial technologies. Bangalore Development Authority from the day of its inception has developed layouts and has made site allotments of about 2 lakh numbers of sites to general public. During the last one decade more than 10 new layouts have been added to the growing city by BDA.

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FIELD VERIFICATION UNDER SUVARNA BHOOMI YOJANE OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

The Government of Karnataka has taken a great leap forward by presenting a separate budget for Agriculture for 2011-2012 highlighting the great importance and the political will to improve livelihoods of the small and marginal farmers. In this context, the GoK has launched Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane (SBY) to kick start the engine of agriculture development in the state for improving the socio-economic status of 1 million small and marginal farm households by providing an incentive of Rs 10,000 per family for transforming two acres of their land from low-value to high-value crops during the year 2011-12.

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DIGITAL GEOSPATIAL DATA GENERATION AND TERRESTRIAL SCANNING FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF HERITAGE SITE AT HAMPI

The Council had submitted the project proposal on "Digital Geospatial Data Generation and Terrestrial Scanning for 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Site at Hampi" solicited by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India under Indian Digital Heritage(IDH) programme.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE BACKWARD TALUKS OF KARNATAKA

Under the Special Development Programme (SDP) of Government of Karnataka, Department of Planning Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society (KSTePS), Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka (DST-GOK) and Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), Bangalore are jointly implementing Virtual laboratories in 10 high schools as a pilot-study in the backward talukas of Karnataka.

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CREATION OF DIGITAL REPOSITORY OF THE REPORTS OF STUDENT PROJECTS PROGRAMME - A FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OF KSCST

KSCST Library contains all the project reports of these sponsored projects are carefully collected for easy reference by potential project investigating students. As on today, KSCST library has about 6500 such project reports collected from Series 1 (1977-78) to Series 36 (2012-13). The students who are keen to refer to these reports come to KSCST and spend their valuable time in referring these project reports.

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DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION OF HERITAGE MONUMENTS OF THE STATE USING 3D LASER SCANNING AND GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES (KARNATAKA DIGITAL HERITAGE)

KSCST has signed MOU/Agreement with Department of Archeology, Museum & Heritage, Government of Karnataka to create digital documentation of 844 state-protected heritage monuments using Geo-spatial and 3D Laser Scanning technologies in a phased manner by covering the revenue division-wise heritage monuments located in all four divisions: Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi and Kalaburagi division