Proceeding Symposia: Geospatial for Development Sector Session 1: Geographic Information and Earth Observationfor Development of Mountain Areas in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region Basanta Shrestha GIS For Development Sector Vijay Kumar Session 2: GIS for Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Use of GIS:United Nations World Food Programme (Abstract) Bal Parotish Dash GIS for Sustainable Industrial Development (Abstract) Dr. Juergen Bischoff Online Pollution Map (Abstract) Rajesh Rangarajan Session 3: GIS for Monitoring and Evaluation Urban Geographical Information for Development Policy (Abstract) E. Denis GIS based Interactive Village Information System (VIS) - a tool for planning, monitoring and decision making Anand Kumar