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The IIC Academy conducted a five-day course on Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the member countries from the North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission (NIOHC) at Visakhapatnam, India from 20 to 24th June 2016. Seven participants, one each from Bahrain, Bangladesh, Iraq, Malaysia, Mauritius, Oman and Saudi Arabia attended the course. The course was undertaken under the capacity building initiative of the International Hydrographic Organization.
The course was inaugurated by the former union secretary to the Government of India and distinguished scientist, Dr Shailesh Nayak. He said, MSDI is the basis of all ocean information systems and stressed that it is not enough for the agencies to collect information, but they should also train users in the use of the information.
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