2nd runner-up position for Best Student Paper Presentation during 9 -11 Dec 2014 at ESRI, New Delhi

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) annually conducts a user conference, which provides a platform for ArcGIS users to gather and share ideas related to their respective fields and domains of work. This year, the user conference was held at New Delhi from 9^th to 11^th Dec 2014 at Kempinski Hotel wherein users presented their research works under the topics of Natural Resource Management, Disaster Management, Water Resource Management, New Technology and Urban & Infrastructure.

A recently completed study on deep sea channels was presented at the conference under the theme of New Technology. The paper titled “A study of deep sea channels in the Arabian Sea: a GIS approach”, authored by Prerna R., Dhananjai K. Pandey and Ravi Mishra was awarded the 2^nd runner-up position for Best Student Paper Presentation. This research highlights the linkage of deep sea channels identified using multibeam swath bathymetry data in the middle Indus fan to the submarine Indus canyon – in this case, the source feeder of sediments. The study interested the GIS user community as it showcased the capability of Hydrology tools available in the ArcGIS software package especially designed for analysing drainage patterns/network. Currently this paper is under review in an international peer reviewed journal.