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IIT Tirupati's Yerpedu campus hosted the 5th BRICS Working Group Meeting on Geospatial Technologies and its Applications from 20 to 22 July 2026.
The three-day hybrid event was organised under the Department of Science and Technology and drew delegates from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the UAE.
Themes included geospatial infrastructure, climate resilience, PNT technologies, AI-based geospatial analytics and data interoperability.
Expected outputs include the Tirupati Recommendations (2026) and a BRICS Working Group Action Plan for 2026-27.
3rd meeting held in Moscow, Russia
4th meeting held in Iran
5th meeting hosted by IIT Tirupati, India
Nodal Indian government department for the working group
Host institute; Director K.N. Satyanarayana led the inaugural session
IIT Tirupati's technology innovation hub; co-organised the meeting
GS Paper II (International Relations/BRICS) & GS Paper III (Science & Technology - Geospatial/Space)
Global Navigation Satellite System — satellite-based systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, NavIC) providing positioning and timing data
Positioning, Navigation and Timing — technologies used in aviation, shipping, telecom and emergency response