Sachindra Singh is the Team Leader of the Geoinformatics Section, at the Geoscience, Maritime and Energy Division, Pacific Community (SPC). He has 15 years experience in geospatial-oriented systems and software engineering. A strong advocate of open source technologies for capacity building and sustainable development in developing countries, he has implemented robust decision-making tools and services based on geospatial and remotely-sensed data in the Pacific, both on regional and national levels. He has undertaken numerous capacity building exercises for on open source GIS/RS tools and systems in the Pacific Region, and currently is providing technical support for the Digital Earth Pacific (DEP) initiative within Pacific Community (SPC). |