Current Trend & Practices
a) Current trends and practices in land records management and challenges in land administration.
b) Land records management in tribal and other backward areas.

Technology Intervention
a) Application of modern technologies, such as GIS, GPS, ETS and other initiatives for survey, resurvey and settlement.
b) Modern cadastral mapping, digitization and database creation.
c) Creation and establishment of National Land Records Modernization Programme Cell, modern records room, state and district level data centres, issues of connectivity and other identified issues and constraints under National Land Records Modernization Programme.

Models of development
a) PPP model in modern land records management.
b) Human resource development for Land Records Management.

Issues, challenges and future initiatives
a) Reforms initiatives in land records management; legal amendments; and challenges faced in reform process.
b) Identification of new areas in land administration where ICT application is possible for better governance.
c) Development of new policy framework; models and theories; institutional arrangement; and any other innovations in the area of land records management.

Eligible participants

As a national platform for discussion, this workshop is expected to be attended by eminent bureaucrats, academics, researchers, lawyers, representatives from corporate agencies and activists from civil society organisations who will offer comments and suggestions on various aspects of land revenue administration, records management and other related issues.

Tentative Dates for

Abstract Submission : 15 December, 2011
Filled in Registration form : 20 December, 2011
Full Paper Submission : 10 January, 2012

Selected papers will be considered for publication in the edited volume by the CRS.