Sachindra Singh

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 around disaster risk analysis, climate impacts and natural resources monitoring based on geospatial and remotely-sensed data in the Pacific, both on  regional and national levels. He has designed and conducted numerous capacity building trainings on open source GIS/RS and earth observation tools and systems in the Pacific Region, and currently is providing lead technical support for the Digital Earth Pacific (DEP) initiative within Pacific Community (SPC).