Survey of India
The Survey of India (Hindi: भारतीय सर्वेक्षण विभाग ) is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. Set up in 1767 to help consolidate the territories of the British East India Company, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India. The Survey of India's distinguished history includes the handling of the mammoth Great Trigonometric Survey under William Lambton and George Everest. Its members are from Survey of India Service cadre of Civil Services of India.
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[edit] Maps
Survey of India publishes maps and the unrestricted category maps can be obtained at very reasonable prices from its several Geo-spacial data centers. Restricted category maps require due approval from government authorities. Many other rules govern the sale and use of Survey of India maps. Only an Indian citizen may purchase topographic maps and these may not be exported from India for any reason.[citation needed]
[edit] Organization
The Survey of India, headquartered at Dehra Dun, has 18 civil engineering divisions ranging from the prediction of tides to aerial survey. It has 23 Geo-spatial Data Centers spread across India, each catering to the respective administrative area. Appointments to Group 'A' Civil Engineering posts in the Junior Time Scale in Survey of India are made on the basis of competitive Indian Engineering Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. The important Civil Engineering posts and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering posts in Survey of India Service, divided between SIS (Civil) and SIS (EC & TE), are as below:
- Deputy Superintending Surveyor
- Superintending Surveyor
- Superintending Surveyor (Non-Functional Second Grade)/Deputy Director
- Director
- Additional Surveyor General
- Surveyor General of India
[edit] See also
- Survey of India Service
- Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
- Botanical Survey of India (BSI)
- Cartography of India
- Geological Survey of India (GSI) - maintains 2 fossil parks currently
- Linguistic Survey of India
- Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
[edit] Resources
- Reginald Henry Phillimore, Historical Records of the Survey of India, 5 vols. Dehra Dun, Survey of India (1945–1968)
[edit] External links
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