Y Nithiyanandam

Dr Y. Nithiyanandam is professor and the head of the Geospatial Programme at The Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru. He can be reached at nithiyanandam@takshashila.org.in.

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India's geospatial market set to hit Rs 1 lakh crore by 2030, growing at 13.45% CAGR

Why NavIC’s decline threatens India’s geospatial ambitions

Y Nithiyanandam

17 Mar 2026

4 min read

The length of toll roads has risen by over 75 per cent in just five years. And so have the problems encountered on them.

FASTags must cut queues, not lengthen them as they are doing now

Y Nithiyanandam

25 Sep 2025

4 min read

This 2023 satellite image of Medog County shows a well-developed town near the proposed dam site (Image | Takshashila Geospatial Bulletin)

Is China's mega dam project a geopolitical weapon under the guise of development?

Y Nithiyanandam

29 Jan 2025

4 min read

An under-construction heliport in Gar County

China's high-altitude heliports in Tibet a sobering reminder of threat to India along LAC

Y Nithiyanandam

26 Sep 2024

4 min read

Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck shakes hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File photo | PTI)

India's assurances and Bhutan's challenges: A delicate balance in the Himalayan kingdom

Y Nithiyanandam

24 Jul 2024

5 min read

A man quenches his thirst in Chennai amid soaring temperatures (Photo | Express)

Feeling hot, hot, hot? How India's cities can keep the mercury at bay

Y Nithiyanandam

14 May 2024

5 min read

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