The Surveyor General of India is the Head of Department of
Survey of India
The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of Cartography, mapping and surveying. , A department under the
Ministry of Science and Technology A Science Ministry or Department of Science is a ministry or other government agency charged with science. The ministry is often headed by a Minister for Science.
List of Ministries of Science
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of
Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...
. The Surveyor General is also the most senior member of the
Survey of India Service
The Survey of India Service (SIS) is a cadre of the Government of India who prepare the Survey of India.
In India, topographical map is published by the Survey of India.
Description
The members of this service are responsible for the planning an ...
, an organised engineering service under the Union of India.
The current Surveyor General is Naveen Tomar.
Surveyors General
The East India Company appointed
James Rennell
Major James Rennell, (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography. Rennell produced some of the first accurate maps of Bengal at one inch to five miles as well as accurate outlines of Ind ...
to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767. Lord Clive appointed him as Surveyor General.
Colin Mackenzie
Colonel Colin Mackenzie CB (1754–8 May 1821) was Scottish army officer in the British East India Company who later became the first Surveyor General of India. He was a collector of antiquities and an orientalist. He surveyed southern India, ...
was appointed Surveyor General of Madras Presidency in 1810, but these posts were abolished in 1815 and Mackenzie was made the first Surveyor General of India.
A list of Surveyor Generals and their tenure:
* Shri Sunil Kumar Joint Secretary, DST has taken over the charge of Surveyor General of India w.e.f 13-01-2022(F/N).
See also
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Superintending Surveyor
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Trigonometrical Survey of India
The Great Trigonometrical Survey was a project that aimed to survey the entire Indian subcontinent with scientific precision. It was begun in 1802 by the British infantry officer William Lambton, under the auspices of the East India Company.Gil ...
References
Further reading
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Volume I, 18th centuryVolume II, 1800 to 1815Volume III, 1815 to 1830 Volume IV, 1830 to 1843
Volume V, 1844 to 1861
External links
Official list of Surveyors General
Surveyors General of India
Indian surveyors
Civil Services of India
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