Esri India Technologies Private Limited (Esri) has announced the opening of a geographic information system (GIS) and artificial intelligence (AI) competency centre at a new facility in Noida. Esri India will invest more than Rs 1.5 billion over the next five years. This strategic investment aims to foster the broader adoption of AI in GIS applications. Building on Esri India’s leadership in the GIS domain, the new centre will serve as a dynamic catalyst for the company’s focus on geospatial AI (GeoAI) offerings and empowering customers to enhance their GIS and GeoAI capabilities.
As part of this investment, Esri India will expand its team of AI specialists, data scientists, GIS experts, and industry domain professionals. This growing pool of specialised talent will focus on developing advanced AI-powered geospatial solutions that address increasingly complex challenges faced by GIS users.
Commenting on the announcement, Agendra Kumar, managing director, Esri India, said, “The convergence of AI and geospatial intelligence is defining novel innovations in GIS applications. On one hand, Esri’s GIS technology is evolving faster than ever before, with numerous new functionalities and configurable applications. On the other hand, innovations in AI are emerging at a very fast pace. The speed of change is so high that without strategic investments, it will not be possible to lead the transformative use of AI in GIS applications. The engineers at this new GIS and AI competency centre will focus on the integration of AI into spatial analysis, enabling customers to extract richer insights from complex geospatial data, automate routine processes, and make faster, more informed decisions.”
