India Observatory

19/08/2026

🚨 Last Day to Register for

Technology has immense potential to support ecological restoration, biodiversity conservation, water security and community-led natural resource governance. But impactful solutions begin with real challenges on the ground.
Join developers, designers, GIS practitioners, researchers, students and environmental professionals to co-create solutions for nature.

⏳ Registration closes today

Register here: https://lnkd.in/dwPJY2tH
Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dJ5CAKid
Send queries: [email protected]

Meaningful technology can drive better outcomes for nature, communities and local governance.

Code4Nature 2026 invites coders, developers, data enthusiasts, designers and innovators to build technology-driven solutions for nature conservation and ecological restoration.

Whether you are exploring geospatial technologies, data science or digital tools, bring your ideas to a challenge that connects technology with real-world environmental needs and enables community stewardship.

Registrations open on 01 August 2026. Stay tuned for the challenge statement, indicative themes and key dates.

India Observatory

01/08/2026

Technology can help us understand landscapes better, strengthen local decision-making and support ecological restoration. But the best solutions begin with complex challenges on the ground.

Code4Nature 2026 invites developers, designers, researchers, GIS practitioners, students and environmental professionals to come together and build open, practical tools that respond to those challenges.

Working in interdisciplinary teams, participants will develop solutions across themes including water security, biodiversity, climate resilience and community-based natural resource governance.

Registrations: 1-20 August 2026

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTtbCSYhIJ1fol9rfehP6DlItWff9_Vdae7rkQvUbETxcoTA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Learn more: https://www.indiaobservatory.org.in/code-for-nature-challenge-2026

Send queries: [email protected]

27/07/2026

Meaningful technology can drive better outcomes for nature, communities and local governance.

Code4Nature 2026 invites coders, developers, data enthusiasts, designers and innovators to build technology-driven solutions for nature conservation and ecological restoration.

Whether you are exploring geospatial technologies, data science or digital tools, bring your ideas to a challenge that connects technology with real-world environmental needs and enables community stewardship.

Registrations open on 01 August 2026. Stay tuned for the challenge statement, indicative themes and key dates.

22/06/2026

22/06/2026

30/05/2026

Have you measured the well-water level in your village yet?
The water beneath our feet holds the key to our future — and it starts with knowing what’s there!

Map one well. Twice a year.
Your small action can fuel a big movement.

Use these guides, available in English, Hindi, Odia, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, and Gujarati, to assist you through the well-water mapping process this Campaign Pre-Monsoon data collection.

Click here for more information on the campaign: https://www.indiaobservatory.org.in/groundwater-monitoring-campaign

India Observatory

15/05/2026

The first step towards water security begins today- launching the first day of the Well Monitoring Campaign. 💧
"Measure Today. Manage Tomorrow.”

14/05/2026

Join the nationwide movement for community-led groundwater governance through the Napo Jal Bachao Kal Campaign.

Participate in the upcoming webinars on groundwater monitoring, data collection, and the use of GWMT to strengthen informed local action and sustainable water management

08/05/2026

What we don’t see often escapes our attention.
Groundwater is one such system, hidden yet fundamental to ecological and livelihood security.

The pre-monsoon period is not just a seasonal transition; it is a diagnostic window, a chance to understand depletion, stress, and emerging patterns before recharge reshapes the surface narrative.

Through the campaign, FES is enabling a distributed, citizen-led approach to generating this insight.

At India Observatory, this resonates deeply with how we think about data not as isolated points, but as collective intelligence that informs the stewardship of the commons.

Because one measurement is data.

But many measurements, together, become a system we can understand and act upon.

📅 Pre-monsoon Monitoring Cycle: 15 May – 15 June
🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8zdS3wH

Groundwater may be invisible beneath our feet, but it determines how our landscapes survive and thrive.

Before the monsoon arrives and recharge begins, the pre-monsoon season gives us a vital opportunity to understand the true state of our groundwater.
This is where collective action matters.

The Campaign returns this pre-monsoon season, inviting citizens, communities, students, and institutions across India to join a nationwide citizen science effort to monitor groundwater levels in wells.

A single well measurement may seem small, but together, thousands of observations can help build a deeper understanding of our shared water systems and strengthen its stewardship.

Pre-monsoon Monitoring Cycle: 15 May – 15 June

Know more and participate: https://www.indiaobservatory.org.in/groundwater-monitoring-campaign

India Observatory

30/04/2026

We are pleased to share that Chiranjit Guha from FES will be speaking tomorrow, 1 May 2026 at the Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) Summit taking place during the Geospatial World Forum Conference & Tech Show 2026 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
In his session, “Embedding GKI into Digital Public Infrastructure: Connecting Digital Systems to Physical Reality,” Chiranjit will discuss why Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) is a critical missing layer in Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

While DPI has largely focused on identity, payments, and exchange, GKI serves as the spatial operating system that enables digital systems to connect with the physical world. From geolocating beneficiaries in social protection systems to strengthening last-mile public health logistics and enabling digital addresses where formal street systems are incomplete, GKI can significantly improve the reach, efficiency, and equity of public systems.

Join the conversation as global experts explore how integrating geospatial intelligence into DPI can transform governance and public service delivery and why it should be a national priority.

India Observatory Geospatial World

Learn more: https://geospatialworld.net/gwf/2026/index.php