I second nomination of Santosh Gaikwad. He has delivered lectures at our Institute on various open source Web and Desktop tools. He has developed applications for many organisations. He will be an asset to OSGeo.<div>Regards</div>
<div>H K Solanki<br><div><br>On Sunday, July 20, 2014, Ravi Vundavalli <<a href="mailto:ravivundavalli@gmail.com">ravivundavalli@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi,<br></div>I here by nominate Mr Santosh Gaikwad to OSGeo Charter.<br><br></div>Santosh is with Open Source GIS for more than a decade and he has conducted training sessions in the same.<br>
</div>His LinkedIn profile is copy pasted below. WEB-GIS trainings are the most well attended events that he conducts. <br></div>He is a very active member of OSGeo India.<br><br></div>Cheers<br></div>V.Ravi Kumar<br><br>
<div><div><div><div><div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Head%2C+RS+%26+GIS+Cell&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Head, RS & GIS Cell</a></h4>
<h5><span><strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/907596?trk=prof-exp-company-name" target="_blank">PRADAN</a></strong></span></h5><span>May 2012 – Present (2 years 3 months)<span>Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India</span></span><div>
<div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Geo-Informatics+Officer&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Geo-Informatics Officer</a></h4>
<h5><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Salim+Ali+Center+For+Ornithology+and+Natural+History+%28SACON%29&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-exp-company-name" name="147517ef66bb6a23_company" title="Find others who have worked at this company" target="_blank">Salim Ali Center For Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)</a></h5>
<span>October 2010 – May 2012 (1 year 8 months)</span></div></div><div><div><h5><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/86673?trk=prof-exp-company-name" target="_blank"><span><strong><img src="https://media.licdn.com/media/p/1/000/03b/2d6/3974732.png" alt="UNEP-WCMC"></strong></span></a></h5>
<h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Chevening+Intern&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Chevening Intern</a></h4>
<h5><span><strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/86673?trk=prof-exp-company-name" target="_blank">UNEP-WCMC</a></strong></span></h5><span>December 2009 – September 2010 (10 months)</span></div></div><div>
<div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Information+Officer&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Information Officer</a></h4>
<h5><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Salim+Ali+Centre+For+Ornithology+And+Natural+History+%28SACON%29&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-exp-company-name" name="147517ef66bb6a23_company" title="Find others who have worked at this company" target="_blank">Salim Ali Centre For Ornithology And Natural History (SACON)</a></h5>
<span>June 2008 – November 2009 (1 year 6 months)</span></div></div><div><div><h5><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/15178?trk=prof-exp-company-name" target="_blank"><span><strong><img src="https://media.licdn.com/media/p/5/000/2b3/0a5/060ab7d.png" alt="Saama Technologies Pvt. Ltd."></strong></span></a></h5>
<h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Senior+Software+Developer&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Senior Software Developer</a></h4>
<h5><span><strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/15178?trk=prof-exp-company-name" target="_blank">Saama Technologies Pvt. Ltd.</a></strong></span></h5><span>May 2007 – May 2008 (1 year 1 month)</span></div></div>
<div><div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Information+Officer&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Information Officer</a></h4>
<h5><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Salim+Ali+Center+For+Ornithology+and+Natural+History+%28SACON%29&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-exp-company-name" name="147517ef66bb6a23_company" title="Find others who have worked at this company" target="_blank">Salim Ali Center For Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)</a></h5>
<span>January 2006 – April 2007 (1 year 4 months)</span></div></div><div><div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Web+Assistant&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Web Assistant</a></h4>
<h5><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Salim+Ali+Center+For+Ornithology+and+Natural+History+%28SACON%29&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-exp-company-name" name="147517ef66bb6a23_company" title="Find others who have worked at this company" target="_blank">Salim Ali Center For Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)</a></h5>
<span>April 2005 – December 2006 (1 year 9 months)</span></div></div><div><div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Intern&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title" name="147517ef66bb6a23_title" title="Find others with this title" target="_blank">Intern</a></h4>
<h5><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Pacific+Biodiversity+Institute&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-exp-company-name" name="147517ef66bb6a23_company" title="Find others who have worked at this company" target="_blank">Pacific Biodiversity Institute</a></h5>
<span>January 2004 – July 2005 (1 year 7 months)<br><br></span></div><div><span>Education<br></span><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=13666&trk=prof-edu-school-name" title="More details for this school" target="_blank">University of Pune</a></h4>
<h5><span>PG Diploma in Bioinformatics, </span><span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Bioinformatics&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-edu-field_of_study" title="Find users with this keyword" target="_blank">Bioinformatics</a></span></h5>
<span>2000 – 2001</span><div><div><div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=13466&trk=prof-edu-school-name" title="More details for this school" target="_blank">Doctor Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth</a></h4>
<h5><span>M.Sc., </span><span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Agriculture+%28Plant+Pathology%29&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-edu-field_of_study" title="Find users with this keyword" target="_blank">Agriculture (Plant Pathology)</a></span></h5>
<span>1997 – 1999</span></div></div></div><div><div><div><h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/edu/alumni?name=Mahatma+Phule+Krishi+Vidyapeeth&trk=prof-edu-school-name" title="Find other members who attended Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth" target="_blank">Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth</a></h4>
<h5><span>B. Sc., </span><span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Horticulture&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-edu-field_of_study" title="Find users with this keyword" target="_blank">Horticulture</a></span></h5>
<span>1993 – 1997</span></div></div></div><br></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div></div><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Harish Kumar Solanki, Assistant Professor<br>National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Jaipur Center<br>Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India <br>
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